Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

I consider it a minor miracle that I'm able to grab the sound as cleanly as I can. These old projectors are hardly what one would call hi-fi. And I don't know of any other mechanism for grabbing 16mm audio.

Miracle indeed. I only have 16mm experience with my schools wonky old Eiki and the sound on it was..shall we say less than stellar...if it didn't want to eat the film that is. ;)

There is actually one difference between the PG and PSB with respect to sound... the PG I captured with an EIKI, and the PSB I captured with an Elmo. Some sources on the web say that the Eiki has slightly richer sound, but the Elmo has a more stable film path. The Elmo is easier to work with and more reliable, but I'm not totally sure which one has better sound, all else being equal. I think the Elmo turned out better when comparing PG and PSB.

With my experience, you're probably right. I couldn't ever get that darned Eiki to even want to run properly. Lost quite a few reels of randomness trying to do so.

Still grinning about that bonus. Was that actually 16? Didn't think they made anything 16 for the SE era.