Insights into the kind of crap 78-rpm records were made of, and other scarce technical infos.
If you’re not sure what ‘a record’ is, or haven’t ever seen one, you’re excused.
Oh, and by-the-way, 78 is the approximate number you get when you rotate a 46-tooth gear with a 3600 rpm motor. (60 cycles per second.)
Further wisdom such as this is found by the ton here: http://www.78rpmrecord.com/links.htm
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I always thought it would be neat to use a laser or high resolution scanner to image a record have a computer analyze it and convert the images to audio. Not sure if this has been done, but if not it would be cool to figure out.
It has been done! https://ofersp.github.io/digital_needle/
Nice!
There is indeed a way to use lasers to read 78s without touching the surface, and the gear is availble. Though probably not at a price most of us would like. Here’s one example: https://www.elpj.com/ But after decades of work, they seem to have problems … /Laser_turntable#Performance
Thanks! I have a Victrola at home and just bought some new needles for it.
Welcome. I didn’t realize until I read that how complicated using the ‘right’ styli can get. Or that most ‘shellac’ 78s were mostly made of other crap. Interesting topic!
Not many vinyl heads still around.
Playing 78’s is a niche within a niche.
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It’s a great service. I found several of his expertly-created 78 tunes on there that I hadn’t heard in decades. (Some scarce stuff is almost never NOT available on 33 or 45rpm)
Another reason: Some people get deeper into multiple pieces of music because they like to compare performances of them. Fidelity doesn’t matter a whole lot. You want to compare how some bands or singers performed a (non-hit) song recorded in the 1930s or 1950s. You listen around the fidelity. People in the 1950s made million-selling hits everyone heard on AM radio or 45s. Fidelity is over-rated.
https://www.ortofon.com/ortofon-2m-78-p-598?variant=0560350
Use this with a Technics 1200 made in the last few years which can play 78 (by pressing the 33 and 45 buttons at the same time).
Otherwise, if you already have an old turntable, your options will most likely be limited by that.
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Yeah fuck it let’s make this community about literally anything, why not
Pick the one best suited for the job.
You now owe me $125 in consultation fees.
Here’s some flame bait:
Why would you want to listen to your music in this inferior format? I get it if there aren’t any modern recordings or quality transfers but to actually sit down and enjoy the low signal to noise ratio of a record just boggles the mind.
I tend to click around when I’m listening to digital music, it’s so easy to put on something else, skip a track, and generally fuck about.
If I’m listening to vinyl I tend to listen to the entire album. It’s a better way of focussing my attention.
