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Re: [ARSCLIST] Can 78s sound better than LPs?



Marcos Sueiro Bal wrote:
I have noticed that when recommending sound cards for podcasting 78s, some
on the list have not chosen top-of-the-line models with the assumption that
the sound quality of 78s is inherently inferior to that, of, say, LPs. That
seems generally to be the case, but I do remember once hearing a pristine 78
RPM acetate of a live jazz recording that blew me away --the sound was big
and detailed, clean, and also quite louder than the average LP.

My question is: is the 78 "system" inherently an inferior product? I do not
know enough about it, but it seems to me that it is moving faster and the
grooves are wider, so, potentially at least, it could sound better than 33s
(stereo notwithstanding). Or could it?

Marcos

The best 78s I've heard sound better - far better - than the worst commercial LPs. However, a good LP will run circles around the best 78. OTOH, you should hear a good 12" 45-rpm disc; I've a Japanese recording of the Appassionata which comes as close as anything I've heard to bringing a Boesendorfer Imperial Grand into my living room. (Where a real one would be but for a few tens of thousands of dollars and some extra decades of piano lessons. <G>)

Mike
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