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

[Roger and Allison Kulp <thorenstd124@xxxxxxxxx>]

To bring a less edjumacated,more objective opinion to this,let me say, there are some outstanding sounding 78s,on both Columbia,and Victor,from the first few years of electrical recording.The postwar Decca classicical ones,are far superior to the Lps,of the same titles,and I have not heard a rock/R & B 78,that does not beat the sonic pants off of its 45 counyerpart.
   Roger Kulp

Marcos Sueiro Bal <mls2137@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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


 			
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