Re: Found the missing record player for the Victor
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 6:27 pm
I've tried but I can't find any of the aforementioned threads; can anyone post links? I'd appreciate it.zenith82 wrote:There's been extensive discussion about this over the years. A search on the forum will turn up several threads. Once the electric era started and electric pickups became the norm, they were lighter than acoustic reproducers. As a result, many manufacturers started changing the composition of the shellac. Hold a record from 1915 in one hand and a record from 1935 in the other. You'll find the 1935 record (at least most of them) is lighter and has a more brittle feel to it. It will wear faster under a heavy reproducer versus a lighter electric pickup.eighteenbelow wrote:Interesting; I've been collecting, restoring and playing for a long time, and I've never heard that. I know electrically-recorded records don't SOUND as good on acoustic machines (or at least not as good as they sound on orthophonics or electric machines), but I can't imagine how playing an electric record on an acoustic machine would damage the record. It's not like acoustic reproducers are heavier than orthophonic reproducers or electric pickups. Can you please explain?zenith82 wrote:Also, this machine is for playing only acoustically recorded records. Electrically recorded records from about 1925 onward can be damaged if they are played on acoustic machines.
Some people will play the later records, but I personally wouldn't chance it. I like my records too much.
I still have a hard time believing that electric pickups weigh less than, say, a Victor Exhibition reproducer...