E M Ginn ‘Expert’ gramophone, Junior Model

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E M Ginn ‘Expert’ gramophone, Junior Model

Manufacturer	E M Ginn
Production years	1932
Production location	(unknown)

With instruments of this design the purely mechanical reproduction of gramophone records was ultimately raised to the highest pitch of perfection of which it was capable. Research in the USA showed that to handle the sounds of lowest frequency a horn had to be very long with a large opening. E M Ginn, designer of the Expert, gave his customers the nearest approach to the ideal dimensions that they were prepared to accept.

[edit] How it works

A gramophone record (also known as phonograph record, or simply record) is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove usually starting near the periphery and ending near the center of the disc.

Gramophone records were the primary medium used for commercial music reproduction for most of the 20th century. They replaced the phonograph cylinder as the most popular recording medium in the 1900s.

Review

I own an Expert Senior and I believe it is better than any other acoustic machine I've ever heard including those made by Expert's principle competitor, EMG. The presence of the reproduction is startling with a wealth of information retrieved from the dusty grooves of shellac records helping to fill out the relatively narrow frequency range from its smooth high end to the lowest bass register. Piano in particular sounds incredible and lifelike. Although I have numerous acoustic machines from the 1900-1940 period, the Expert machine along with my trusty HMV 202 Re-entrant (1930) would be my 2 choices to take on my desert island.