Same here! youtube is feeding us! Thats OKE,as long as you re not intrerested in truth/politics! And cat movies,....and playing my reggae....for these topics the algoritme works just fine LOL!
@@LogiForce86 he probably used a "newer" 78, the ones made in the last years of the format were made of vinyl and had a greater dynamic range, making them extremely loud on gramophones
Not just better, but incomparably better! The wow is nowhere compared to the replica, the whole thing is stable on the table and the engine can't be heard through the music.
There's probably thousands of comments already stating this but hell I'm just going to say it anyway. This sounds 100 times better than the one Techmoan had.
You know what? You inspired me to get a Mikiphone of my own! It just arrived today, and being 89 years old, it has a few challenges to work out. I immediately serviced the motor with fresh lubrication. It may need a shim added under the main spring to better align the wind up gears. Often it kicks back, as I wind it up, and rapidly unwinds in my fingers. The bakelite speaker assembly is an excessively tight fit when packed in the case. I think the bakelite has slightly shrunken with age. It has to be carefully pried to open it from its tenacious grip. Yours looks pretty loose as it should have been originally. I wonder if any safe modification can help it pack and unpack? The soundbox needs to be rebuilt with new rubber gaskets. It mostly rattles as it plays. The turntable has the original faded red felt. Any advice will be much appreciated! Thanks for your video.
Hi Garth, thanks for your message. The Mikiphone is a pretty neat machine - I was first shown one by a friend when I was a teenager and was fascinated by it. The soundbox gaskets are easy enough to replace - the white rubber tubing itself is available from specialists or ebay if you don't have some already. If your turntable felt is still serviceable I'd recommend that you leave it as is, mine was only replaced because it was almost completely gone, but ultimately it's your decision. I'm afraid I don't have any suggestions regarding the tight speaker assembly but I know they're quite brittle so take it steady. I hope you manage to sort all it's issues and then get to enjoy using it as intended. Regards, Gordon
This sounds a lot better than the knockoff replica in the Techmoan video. I wont knock it for the worbles in the sound, it was 93 years old when this video was posted. To have a portable music playback device in 1926 must have seemed like the future.
I absolutely adore all these pocket gramophones! This one is especially impressive since even I (a woman) could fit it in the back pockets of my jeans. Although the sound quality may not be the very best out there, it's impressive none the less.
The wow and flutter stability on this is remarkable. I'm seriously impressed at how precise the engineering is here - a portable gramophone with similar reproduction quality to a low-end full-size one. Not the greatest by any means but still exceptional. Absolutely staggering.
I can imagine someone taking one of these with them on a date at the park. Fumbling with it around for a bit before it makes the glorious sound of music.
A fine piece of technology! A phonograph like that, while it may not have high fidelity sound, I'll tell you what it CAN do-since it doesn't run on electricity you can take it anywhere and play it without worrying about where to plug it in or if you can get any wi-fi, or if the batteries will run down (I'm assuming it runs on a spring tension mechanism instead of batteries). A handy thing to have if you're camping way out in the woods or are traveling to a town or village with little or no wi-fi and little or no access to electricity, or if you're traveling across the ocean in a small boat, or after the world wide blackout during the zombie apocalypse! No, seriously it is a wonderful little thing to have for music during a blackout!
yep, shellac was more delicate (being beetle resin) so the grooves had to have astronomically more space between them (although we're still talking about spaces that all look pretty miniscule to our big ol' eyes)
Absolutely beautiful!! You are lucky to have one... They are either pretty hard to get or super expensive. Yours looks awesome!!! Greetings from Chile 🇨🇱
This popped up as one of the videos when you open youtube. This is pretty cool. I've seen a lot of Techmoan's videos, but he didn't bring me to this one. Thanks for sharing.
This is super cute and ingenious, but the problem is that the records you play on it are larger and far more fragile that it is. So if you wanted to take this on a picnic, you'd have to carry the records in a separate little suitcase-like box with a handle (which were available then.) It would've been easier and much more convenient to just put some records into the carrying sleeve / compartment in a regular portable phonograph, which of itself was like a little suitcase with a handle, and carry them all at once. The sound was louder and better, and you didn't need to carefully assemble / take apart anything either.
It's a neat device for sure, and sounds pretty good for the size. I wonder who the intended market was? I've had a portable phonograph here before (to sell) but it didn't fold up this small.
Hello. I've owned a Miki for a year now but I keep having issues with the soundbox. It always resonates on what seems about the same tone (and gaskets are new etc it's not the classic blasting problem). Did you encounter such a problem while restoring yours ? Best Regards.
Hi, no . . I've never had any problems with noises or vibrations on the Mikiphone soundbox. I replaced the gaskets and re-used the diaphragm and all has been fine.
+organlover1968 Hi ! Thanks for your answer ! Well then ... I probably am the only one with that problem, I keep asking people if they ever had it and no one seems to ...
Hi, checking back through my notes I notice that I did replace the diaphragm at the same time as the gaskets although I doubt that this is relevant to your resonating issues. Good luck with finding a cure.
+organlover1968 Hi ! Thanks for your interest ! Well I've changed mine too so no I guess the issue is elsewhere ... :/ No tuning seems to solve this resonance so I wonder what I can do ... Maybe trying thicker or thinner gaskets would help but why only on my soundbox ? This drives me insane really. Anyways, thanks for the help !
+organlover1968 Oh and just in case, may I ask you where you bought your replacement spring ? It seems pretty powerful. Mine is a NOS but my motor can have some trouble making it through a whole 10" sometimes. Thanks in advance.
Yes, unfortunately the 'wow' is quite a common issue on these smaller machines. I don't know whether its to do with the smaller turntable, smaller motor or a combination of factors but my Excelda and Peter Pan gramophones suffer in a similar way.
I know what you mean - I guess it's the rarity value. I was lucky to get mine when prices were still sensible but I've seen them advertised at £700/£800 which is crazy.
Actually if you play shellac 78s on a gramophone they shellac will not get destroyed as it will act like sand paper and wear the needle down instead of the record. With these you have to replace the needle every play. You can see gramophone wear test videos on RU-vid. One guy played the same record 100 times on a 1920s gramophone and no damage or wear was done