Remembering Leo Slezak

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Re: Remembering Leo Slezak

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Steve wrote:
I certainly am NOT - I've spent tens of thousands of Pounds on Phonographs and NEVER Found one that worked as well as a Gramophone - it's either the machine that won't revolve at a constant speed or the Cylinders are distorted
This is an interesting quote from the UK forum which precedes the quote shown before by 'wagnerian'. Has anyone got a response to it? I share his frustration when collectors attempt to demonstrate these machines working and to my ears they appear to be quite poor in relation to contemporary disc machines. I would be interested in the opinions of others here though!

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Steve,
I would beg to differ with the poster who's spent thousands of pounds on phonographs and never found one that worked as well as a Gramophone, in fact I'd say pretty much the opposite if the comparisons are of contemporary machines. If you are comparing a 1910 Edison Gem to a 1930's Expert, that is a different story. I've got a Victor V next to an E model Triumph in the same room and even with the later Victrola no. 4 reproducer on the Vic V, (properly rebuilt) the sound quality of acoustic cylinders is better imho. :monkey:

youTube is not a very good medium to demonstrate sound quality but the below may give you at least an indication. :D

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMH7vuTsXTU[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNuY3gibdSQ[/youtube]
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