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Maurice Leakey
Film God

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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted May 28, 2008 04:54 AM

Some of the Super 8 sound projectors made by Braun are called "Visacustic."

Does anyone know what this word means, or was it entirely made up by their marketing team?

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
Film God

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From: France
Registered: Oct 2004

posted May 28, 2008 07:00 AM

Having studied ancient Latin and Greek in school, my litterary background would push me to think that it's indeed a marketing name made up of etymological references.
Latin "visio" for seeing, and greek "akoustikos" for hearing.
Good name for a sound projector... [Big Grin]

Unless Master Lossau has another explanation?

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Jan Bister
Darth 8mm

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From: Ohio, USA
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posted May 28, 2008 09:45 AM

JM is 100% right [Cool]

(I hear there was another, less popular theory: namely that the word was put together from "Visa" as in Visa credit cards and "custic," though that theory never managed to explain the meaning of "custic.") [Big Grin]

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted May 28, 2008 11:21 AM

Jean-Marc

Thank you for your helpful answer. (And Jan.)

I took delivery of my new Braun Visacustic 1000 Stereo today. It's just been taken out of its box and I will need to thoroughly read the instruction book first.

If you have Jurgen's BIG BOOK you can see it on pages 64 and 65.

I will in due course give a report on this latest item in my collection. I just love projectors, it's the smell, the whirring of the mech, and they are such a joy to behold.

I also have two video projectors (Sanyo & Hitachi), but neither give me the "buzz" that "proper" projectors do.

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Maurice

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Barry Johnson
Master Film Handler

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From: United Kingdom
Registered: Jul 2003

posted May 28, 2008 01:56 PM

Maurice:
Despite the vacuous comments,the Braun Visacustic was a highly regarded peice of kit.Its sound reproduction was outstanding and once serviced,will give any Elmo a run for its money.

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Simon McConway
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Doncaster, UK
Registered: Jun 2004

posted May 28, 2008 05:32 PM

Yes, these projectors are outstanding. When fitted with the Schneider 1.1 lens, the picture is superb! Mine didn't come in original box; wouldn't mind seeing a picture of the box Maurice.

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