A
very
interesting post on 'Lencoheaven' by the Dutch poster
'zwarte-romantik' brought to my attention this interesting machine. It
has obviously seen better times, but what puzzles me is: what is (was)
this? I never seen anything like that in EMT production, pictures,
documents; none of the few real experts seem to have ever seen this one.
The chassis is quite similar to a 930's, and it would be of no use
'creating' (i.e. counterfeiting) any machine of this type if an original
didn't exist in the first place. It could have been the prototype of a
record changer built to offer 'normal' people something less expensive
than a 930. It is worthy remembering, at this point, that a 930
was absurdly expensive for a
private customer: the August 1960 issue of 'Audio', in USA, listed the 930
(monophonic, stereo version 'available'), at a whopping $ 1,150,00 whilst
a complete Rek-O-Kut cost 139,95 in its more complete version; the Garrard
310 'motor' cost $ 89,00 and the Thorens TD-124 $ 99,75. So, one could
probably hope for a cheaper EMT: but was it ever seen around?
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