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Paul Adsett
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From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted August 12, 2005 02:04 PM
For the benefit of Osi and others on this forum who are into Eumig 900 series projectors, it might be worth summarizing the features (and peculiarities!) of these particular Eumigs:
900 thru 930
All these models were designed with the 'co-axial reel' arrangement. This design places the feed and the take up reel on the same spindle at the rear of the machine. You have to push a special insert into the feed spool every time you load it on. The design eliminates the top feed sprocket, which is replaced by a tiny roller attached to a flapping beam spring above the gate. The input feed channel is a complex curved geometry which also serves to laterally displace the film prior to entering the gate. From the gate onwards to the take up spool, the film is in a laterally straight line path, as in a normal projector. This system seems to work reasonably well, certainly the projected picture is very steady indeed, except during the last few feet of a 600ft roll, when the film can sometimes start 'beating'and jerking on the supply spool, resulting in unsteadiness in the gate and possible stress on the film sprocket holes. The main objection I have to this coaxial system is the flapping of the film between the supply spool and the top roller, which can be quite noisy and distracting, taking away from the otherwise very smooth and quiet operation of this projector.
The 926GL is the stereo version of the'coax' models. As has been noted many times on this forum, the 926GL's sound system can only be described as superb. These projectors are totally free of WOW, and the stereo quality (thru earphones or external speakers)is simply stunning. The outboard sound console is ergonomically very practical and absolutely beautiful to look at, with lighted analog recording meters and no less than 17 sound and mixing controls, 6 of them on linear pot's. These Eumigs project a rock steady picture with really great sound.
931 thru 940
This series are very similar to the 900 thru'930's, but Eumig saw the light and reverted back to the tried and proved 2 -sprocket in line design, with the feed spool now on a swing up arm at the front of the projector. Eumig also increased the film capacity from 600ft to 800ft, and boosted the light output from 100 watts to 150 watts, with an additional cooling fan mounted inside the projector. The top of the projector incorporates a pull-up handle, and a little compartment to store the power cord and recording cable.
The stereo models are the 938 and 940. The 938 is identical to the 926GL but of course it has the 2-sprocket in-line film path, 800ft reels, and 150 w lamp. The sound system and console is identical to the 926GL
The 940 is identical to the 938, but the beautiful analog meters of the 926 and 938 have been replaced with LED'S, and the sound mixing panel has been redesigned with a pressure sensitive control pad. A microprocessor has been incorporated to facilitate a lot of sound recording and mixing techniques.
So there you have it, I hope this clarifies some of the questions which sometimes come up on these particular 900 series Eumigs.
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Osi Osgood
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From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted August 12, 2005 03:45 PM
After having read up on my Eumig 926 and all the extra feedback from all you folks out there, I'm not really suffering much from "GS1200 envy".
The amazing thing was that I was able to buy this Eumig 926 for 90.00 dollars!!! Nobody else even bothered to bid! I was suprised as all heck! Pictures on the ebay can give a very bad look at an item, but when I recieved it, beautiful, not a nick on the case, no fading, dust free!
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