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There are a good many knowledgeable members here, but has anyone any knowledge of the Sofil 9.5 sound adaptor for use on the Pathescope 200B? and if so did they work well?
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Grahame Newnham has some interetsing data on Sofil add-on products. They were Southern Film Services Ltd of Slough, Bucks.
9.5mm Sound Attachments (pathefilm.uk)
Around 1950 I bought a sound head and an amplifier for my 9.5mm Specto. It worked very well, but at 24fps the Specto made such a overpowering noise that it made listening to sound films in a small room most unpleasant. So my experiment didn't last long. I went back to hiring all those delightful silent features.
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I had one of these fitted to my 200B in the sixties , it was a well engineered bit of kit, and mine had a governor fitted on the motor pulley to give a steady 24fps. The amplifier was quite powerful and sat under the projector in a metal case. It performed well , the 200B not a particularly quiet machine at 16fps was extremely noisy at 24fps, and like Maurice I soon tired of this and sold it on in favour of a Vox, far better projector and so kind on film.
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Yes John, I have a Vox. It's transistorised and re-lamped. Very old, but such a sturdy bit of kit. Damn heavy though, almost impossible to get it out of its case.
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