Re: [ARSCLIST] Early Stereo 1881 and 1931 (Was - Dynadoodoo

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Bell LPs were also nearly impossible to find. I transferred them to tape 
years ago from copies at the CBC library, but it took until last year before I 
was able to acquire both LPs for myself. They turn up, but at very high prices 
on auction lists.

dl

Steve Abrams wrote:
> I specified one commonly used player for the Mac that can handle Flac - 
> VLC. You will find a list of players and decoders for the Mac, Solaris, 
> Unix and even the Amiga on the Sourceforge site:
>
> http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html
>
> Your remark that nearly every classical LP collector owns the Bell LPs 
> is arrogant and stupid.  They were never released commercially.
>
> SA
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger and Allison Kulp" 
> <thorenstd124@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 4:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Early Stereo 1881 and 1931 (Was - Dynadoodoo
>
>
> > I had read about the 1881 system,but have never actually heard 
> > anything about it.
> >
> > Oh,BTW,your file won't play on a Mac.
> >
> > I would assume the Bell Labs stuff,is from those 1979-80 Lps,that 
> > nearly every classical Lp collector owns.
> >
> > Don't forget that Edison supposedly had some expensive,and cumbersome 
> > system,that involved three channel/three horn playback.Perhaps someone 
> > could give me more detail.
> >
> >                                      Roger
> > Steve Abrams <steve.abrams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: I have uploaded two files 
> > to Mediafire
> >
> > One file, Bell Labs Keller, has two brief programmes on BBC Radio 3 c. 
> > 1981
> > about the Bell Labs experiments in the early 30s and includes a an 
> > extract
> > in stereo.  I am afraid that Arther Keller does not confirm my story 
> > about
> > the Black Box. (74MB)
> >
> > http://www.mediafire.com/?111zkxoddxz
> >
> > The other file, 1881 Stereo, is a brief Radio 3 broadcast in 1981 
> > about the
> > 1881 stereo transmissions from the Paris Opera, and demonstrates the 
> > sound
> > characteristic using reconstructed microphones on the stage of Covent
> > Garden. (27MB)
> >
> > http://www.mediafire.com/?dfg1lwgi9aj
> >
> > The files are in Flac format.  They can be played directly in Winamp, VLC
> > Media Player, Super (c) etc.  They can be converted to Wave using Flac 
> > Front
> > End, Goldwave etc.
> >
> > The files are taken from a Scotch Metafine tape with Dolby C.  The 
> > original
> > recordings were made by me but the tape I used may be a dubbing.  
> > However,
> > the sound quality is  acceptable.
> >
> > Steve Abrams
> >
> >
> >
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