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Sancho Panza · 02-27-2009, 02:12 PM

found lots of 78's in my dad's attic...

jefslat · 02-27-2009, 02:34 PM

Play them at 33 1/3...

NolanE · 02-27-2009, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jefslat

Play them at 33 1/3...

backwards

Renaissance Man · 03-01-2009, 07:09 AM

Any Blue Note Jazz 78s.....?

Sancho Panza · 03-01-2009, 09:11 AM

none so far, but many to look through...

"Fats" Waller favorites Victor Musical Smart Set, Circa 1944, is already spoken for...

EdT · 03-02-2009, 06:36 AM

My wife and I are a huge fans of 78s. We are slowly converting the ones we have to digital but there are some amazing things that have not been handed down from the past. It's a window to a different time.

beevod · 03-03-2009, 07:42 AM

Do not part with anything on the OKEH or Vocalion label. They're worth money.

aaronb · 03-03-2009, 08:55 AM

I have a ton of 78s that I inherited and a few that I bought. I pick them up whenever I see them if the music looks interesting. I really like listening to them if I have the time. You can hear some stuff that never made it to CDs or digital, or even LPs.

I've got a crappy little turntable that plays 78s, so they sound like crap on it, but I think you can get decent sound out of them with the right gear. Really need a 78 specific needle, which is much fatter than the needle used on LPs. RIAA curves have changed a lot over the years, too, so an adjustable phono pre-amp would be nice. Just another project waiting on my time and money...

NolanE · 03-04-2009, 04:02 PM

careful with those 78s

if they're made from acetate, normal vinyl cleaning solutions will destroy them

also, they wear much much faster than traditional vinyl, you'd be lucky to get 50 plays out of them

gui_tarzan · 03-13-2009, 07:46 PM

Get them transferred to high quality reel-to-reel tape and don't play them again so you can preserve them. Then you can make a digital copy of the tape if you want so you can listen to them without degrading the tape or record. Yes it seems like overkill but those things can't be replaced.

02-27-2009, 02:12 PM	#1
Sancho Panza Floridays Herf God Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: La Habaña, Cuba Posts: 19,755	any 78 rpm fans? found lots of 78's in my dad's attic... __________________ For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two o'clock on that July afternoon in 1863... William Faulkner, Intruder in the Dust 1948

02-27-2009, 02:34 PM	#2
jefslat CW WarCraft God CW Special Correspondent Editor at Large Predominant CW Ambassador Herf God Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: San Antonio de Bexar Posts: 38,917	Play them at 33 1/3... __________________ El Gringo permanence... El perro, el perro, es mi corazon. El gato, el gato, el gato no es bueno. El Jefe es cantante, El Jefe es muy famoso El Jefe es el hombre con el queso del diablo. El perro, el perro, nunca sin raison El gato, el gato, el gato es obseno El Jefe es caliente, El Jefe es carinoso El Jefe le da besos mejor que su esposo What Would TOJE Do? Þ £

03-01-2009, 07:09 AM	#4
Renaissance Man Owner Emeritus Herf God Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Reno, NV Vatican City Posts: 16,692	Any Blue Note Jazz 78s.....? __________________ *My current rotation: Bolivars (RC, PC, BBF, CE and Corona JR), Punch Punch, El Original Claro Corona and Lancero, Davidoff Grand Cru #1, VR Famoso, Upmann #2, and R&J Churchill.*

03-01-2009, 09:11 AM	#5
Sancho Panza Floridays Herf God Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: La Habaña, Cuba Posts: 19,755	none so far, but many to look through... "Fats" Waller favorites Victor Musical Smart Set, Circa 1944, is already spoken for... __________________ For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two o'clock on that July afternoon in 1863... William Faulkner, Intruder in the Dust 1948

03-02-2009, 06:36 AM	#6
EdT Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Eau Claire, WI Posts: 499	My wife and I are a huge fans of 78s. We are slowly converting the ones we have to digital but there are some amazing things that have not been handed down from the past. It's a window to a different time. __________________ Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it. Lyndon B. Johnson

03-03-2009, 07:42 AM	#7
beevod Herf God Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: New York City Posts: 20,927	Do not part with anything on the OKEH or Vocalion label. They're worth money. __________________ "Moderation in all things. Excess in everything else."

03-03-2009, 08:55 AM	#8
aaronb Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Somewhere out there Posts: 784	I have a ton of 78s that I inherited and a few that I bought. I pick them up whenever I see them if the music looks interesting. I really like listening to them if I have the time. You can hear some stuff that never made it to CDs or digital, or even LPs. I've got a crappy little turntable that plays 78s, so they sound like crap on it, but I think you can get decent sound out of them with the right gear. Really need a 78 specific needle, which is much fatter than the needle used on LPs. RIAA curves have changed a lot over the years, too, so an adjustable phono pre-amp would be nice. Just another project waiting on my time and money...

03-04-2009, 04:02 PM	#9
NolanE Club Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Napa, CA Posts: 1,115	careful with those 78s if they're made from acetate, normal vinyl cleaning solutions will destroy them also, they wear much much faster than traditional vinyl, you'd be lucky to get 50 plays out of them __________________ I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

03-13-2009, 07:46 PM	#10
gui_tarzan Herf God Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The 26th state Posts: 28,796	Get them transferred to high quality reel-to-reel tape and don't play them again so you can preserve them. Then you can make a digital copy of the tape if you want so you can listen to them without degrading the tape or record. Yes it seems like overkill but those things can't be replaced. __________________ Jim...<>< The four most dangerous words in the US government: "and for other purposes" I am an AJ Fernandez ho...

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