Re: [ARSCLIST] Pristine Audio and the Milllennials . . .

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And, in fact, a well-maintained antique phonograph with a new needle will not 
do much damage to the average pre-1930 record. Those things were pressed with 
enough stuff in the shellac to stand up under heavy soundboxes..note how many 
acoustic Red Seal Victors keep turning up in really good shape? Lots of 
electricals sound great on a Credenza, which was designed specifically to play 
them.

dl

Tom Fine wrote:
> Mike's intitial answer was what I was getting at with this suggestion. 
> Note that I didn't suggest doing this with a pristine copy. I have a 
> whole box of Salvation Army nickel-priced 78's for just this purpose. 
> Note that 78's were a MASS medium and hence thousands of copies of a 
> given song are likely found, in heavily-played condition, at your local 
> thrift stores around the world. There are some rarities, for sure, but I 
> wasn't talking about those.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Richter" <mrichter@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 1:04 AM
> 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.
> <snip>
> > Mike
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