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

[phillip holmes <insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The Technics SP10 and SP15 tables, at 78, make less noise than at 33.  
And stop making fun of $10k record players.  Some do have a point.  I 
bought mine used for significantly less than MSRP.
Here's a couple things (one about my table, one about vacuum hold down):
http://www.stereophile.com/turntables/785/   (J. Gordon Holt wasn't into 
snake oil--you can trust him)
http://www.audioinvest.no/luxman/info_pdf/vds_info.pdf


Tom Fine wrote:
> I think you'd need a lot of mechanical damping, even on that $10K 
> record player. 45RPM seems like the best of all worlds, but I still 
> think a properly made CD sends all grooved disks to the dustbin of 
> history.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Milan P. Milovanovic" 
> <mijel@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 5:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Can 78s sound better than LPs?
>
>
> > Speaking of this subject (while remembering those 45rpm 1980s 12" 
> > maxi singles, and having heard some good 78s reocrded properly and in 
> > good condition),
> > I can only wonder how 78rpm record can sound by using mix of modern 
> > and past
> > technologies: f.e direct cut for lacquers with wide groove and 
> > pressing in
> > finest (but thick) vinyl, properly centered and carefully made... 
> > Probably
> > with magnificent dynamic, resistant to microscopically large 
> > scratches or
> > dust, and capable of something that 33.3rpm micro record was never 
> > capable
> > of...
> >
> > Unfortunately, it was 33.3rpm standard invented as needfulness for
> > synchronizing playing early sound movie pictures. And God knows, what
> > tomorrow brings.
> >
> > "Forgotten" audio format, and that 78rpm phonograph record to modern
> > technology surely is, can have its renaissance...
> >
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Milan
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Olhsson" <olh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 5:00 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Can 78s sound better than LPs?
> >
> >
> > > Marcos Sueiro Bal wrote:
> > > > My question is: is the 78 "system" inherently an inferior product?
> > >
> > > It is inherently a superior product however this allowed greater 
> > > liberties
> > > to be taken in manufacturing quality.
> > >
> > > For the life of me I don't understand the rationalizations people 
> > > make for
> > > using less than the best available audio technology. Degradation is 
> > > always
> > > a downhill spiral with additional degradation never being obscured 
> > > by the
> > > original level of degradation.
> > >
> > > In the case of analog disks, every single play degrades the source. 
> > > There
> > > is no legitimate excuse for ever using less than the very best audio
> > > technology available.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Bob Olhsson Audio Mastery, Nashville TN
> > > Mastering, Audio for Picture, Mix Evaluation and Quality Control
> > > Over 40 years making people sound better than they ever imagined!
> > > 615.385.8051    http://www.hyperback.com