Mikiphone
Description:
Recently then, the mikiphone - the 1920?s pocket phonograph - went around the aethernet. The lovely Ms Lev kindly pointed it out over at Streettech, along with some related miniature phonographs of the time. They?re just absolutely delicious - described as about the size of an oversized pocketwatch or small cheese - the added absurdity of the fact that while the player is pocket sized, the disks most certainly weren?t! Described as the mp3 player of the time (or perhaps the boombox, if you are so inclined) the mikiphone and others like it (I do love the rich colours of the Gipsy player) seemed to have a very brief window of popularity. Such a shame, really, as it does appeal greatly.
2008-06-09
I won one. Marvelous little item, but you have to be thoroughly awake when you put it back into it's little self-case. THen if you don't use it for a while, or I should say, try to put it together the first time out of it's case, you may find yourself in the same boat. SOmeone should make a little video of opening and closing this item.
Works great...but the arm is kinda heavy on my cherished '78s.