![]() Watching Riendeau unbox the familiar packaging unleashed a rush of dizzying audiophilic nostalgia. Oracle Delphi Mk.V: Since the Oracle's basic design hasn't changed, neither have the dimensions the Mk.V comes cradled in the same styrofoam insert as my original Delphi. Oracle also built much smaller quantities of the bigger, more expensive Premiere and the smaller Alexandria and Paris models. Between 1986 and the demise of the original Oracle company in 1994, another 6000 Mk.IIIs and Mk.IVs were built. On the Delphi Mk.II, Oracle substituted a round Pabst motor similar to what ReVox used as a capstan drive on its famous A-77 open-reel tape deck. Whereas the original Oracle featured an AC motor, the Delphi that I owned used a square, black, "Hall effect" DC drive system. Over the years, the original Oracle has been modified and improved many times, but the basic design remains unchanged—so much so that the subchassis of the original Oracle will fit perfectly on the spring towers of the latest version.
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