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Topic: Eumig S938 Stereo Test Report
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Paul Adsett
Film God
Posts: 5003
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted March 17, 2017 01:51 PM
Martin, of all the States my favourate has always been California, and San Francisco is IMO the most beautiful city in the USA. That's probably why Vertigo is my number one film! When I first visited Henley in 1986, I was cycling my way from Gatwick Airport down to Wales. The moment I rode over Henley Bridge I immediately fell in love with the town. I stayed at The Little White Heart inn on the riverfront. I loved it there, but unfortunately Breakespeare's Brewery sold it about 10 years ago, so now I have to stay at a Guest House on Queen Street, which is OK, but nowhere near the charm of the Inn, and I miss the sound of the Canadian Geese. I take a peek at the Henley webcam, mounted at Hobb's boat yard, a couple of times a week, just to remind myself how beautiful it is. Another advantage of living there is that you are close to a lot of film conventions, such as Geoff Wheelers Big Screen fair, Westminster film Fair, and of course Keith Wilton and the BFCC Sprocket Hole. Back to the 938. I would encourage you to record some stereo music on an old reel of striped film, and listen to the playback though headphones. You will find out just how stunning the sound capability of the 938 is. The main switch on mine failed a coupleof months ago and I had to replace it with a rocker switch, since the original switch is not available. If yours should ever quit on you, you can find my fix on this forum
-------------------- The best of all worlds- 8mm, super 8mm, 9.5mm, and HD Digital Projection, Elmo GS1200 f1.0 2-blade Eumig S938 Stereo f1.0 Ektar Panasonic PT-AE4000U digital pj
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Andrew Woodcock
Film God
Posts: 7477
From: Manchester Uk
Registered: Aug 2012
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posted March 17, 2017 06:17 PM
From memory Mark (Ashamedly I have to admit, it's over 6 months since I last ran mine since moving all of my Cine gear out of the house), it has a steel or Ali cast rear plate and Plastic front gate, but without getting it out again, someone like Paul or now Martin will be far better qualified than I am tonight to answer you 100% correctly on this particular aspect.
It is similar in construction to a Bauer T studio class projector but in my humble opinion, nowhere near as well built and equally the components used don't come close either. Nevertheless, as already said, it's a fine example of a quality Super 8mm Stereo projector when you find an example as good as our friend Martin clearly has!
I think their relative price points reflects this aspect when they were both originally offered for sale. The T610 finished up coming in only a fraction below the price of a brand new GS 1200, back in the day whereas the Eumig's were nowhere close. not the bible of course as a the measure of these things, but upon inspection you can both see and feel the difference in quality.
To my way of thinking, it is like comparing a Bosch Washing machine to one made by Hoover. Both do a great job, one is slightly better built than the other due to the quality of components used, over time of course.
-------------------- "C'mon Baggy..Get with the beat"
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