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Re: [ARSCLIST] Pristine Audio and the Milllennials . . .
Howard,
Please consider reposting this for the benefit of those of us that have
little experience with the older media. I listened to 78's as a young
child, but as a now-older adult I would welcome the opportunity to widen
my horizons. Perspective is gained not just by discourse, but by
experience.....
Just as I would have younger folks gain by my experiences with tape, LP,
and CD I would like to gain from any bits from my past as well.
Information is golden when one is open minded enough to try to assemble
it into a larger picture. With enough different perspectives, one may
come up with not just 'more pleasant' or 'more accurate' but perhaps
'more typical' of what was intended. THAT, you would hope, was more what
was intended at that long ago time..... just as one hopes it still is.
Scott
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Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 12:04 AM
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Pristine Audio and the Milllennials . . .
Howard Friedman wrote:
> Why would ANYONE want to play a 78rpm record on an old Victrola or any
other vintage phonograph - er, pardon me, gramophone, with a weight of
30 or more grams on the stylus, scraping away what is probably the best
recorded surface that was ever on the record, when one has
state-of-the-art turntables today that need a mere 2-3 grams weight?
Because the sound may reflect what one's ancestors heard.
I ran a test a decade ago - not with a Victrola but a Grafonola - and
posted the results with various needles, two different distances between
the mike and the Grafonola, and comparison with an RCA transfer.
The page can be reposted if there is interest, but the feedback matched
my own opinion: the sound of John McCormack's voice varied widely. While
some were more pleasant than others, none could be called "best" or
"most accurate".
Mike
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