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Maurice Leakey
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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
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posted November 19, 2013 06:12 AM

Just bought a Chinon Sound 9000MV and am quite surprised that it also has optical sound together with quite a powerful amplifier.
http://www.super8data.com/database/projectors_list/projectors_chinon/chinon_9000mv.htm

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Osi Osgood
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posted November 19, 2013 02:07 PM

Good catch Maurice! Let me know how it treats your films. I've heard that the cheaper CHINON's can be bad at eating films, but my two CHNON 9500's (also optical sound units with mag sound too) have been very kind on my films.

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Janice Glesser
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posted November 19, 2013 03:44 PM

That is a very sharp-looking projector Maurice. Because of a bad experinece with scratched film early on in my collecting... I for a long time stayed away from Chinon's all together. However, I recently bought a couple higher-end models and find them very nice and gentle on film as Osi stated.

Enjoy your projector!

[ November 19, 2013, 06:46 PM: Message edited by: Janice Glesser ]

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Maurice Leakey
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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
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posted November 20, 2013 04:04 AM

Thanks for your favourable comments, Osi and Janice.
I have other Chinons, including the SS 1200 Stereo, and have always found them reliable and never had trouble with scratching of films.

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Maurice Leakey
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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
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posted November 25, 2013 10:06 AM

One very clever design on this (and other models) is the large white translucent operating control knob. As the projection lamp features pre-heat the light spill internally illuminates the control. When the lamp lights up on full, so does the intensity of the control knob to be successfully seen in the dark.

A further use of light spill is the unusual design of a long grill above the volume and other knobs which has a green filter along its length. When running this sheds a delightful green hue over the controls.

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