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Patheno0 wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 9:22 am
Also one of the vulcan records plays really slow and wobbly, it was advertised as a 2 minute cylinder but I'm not sure

When you say "wobbly", do you mean the cylinder does not run perfectly true? Meaning, it causes the reproducer to rise & fall as the cylinder plays? If so, that is not abnormal, as long as it isn't so excessive that it affects play. It's why cylinder reproducers are allowed to "float". As to running slow, does adjusting the speed correct the slow running? There was no rigid standard for playback speeds early on. If Vulcan cylinders are dubbed from originals, that same variation is likely to exist. If the machine speed adjustment can compensate for it, then you're fine.

where the cylinder is put on (I believe the mandrel) wobbles, and the one cylinder i have is not just running a bit slow, it is literally unplayable (hard to know if it's even a song)
Also there is no speed adjuster on the Pathé no. 0.

jamiegramo wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 4:50 am Yes we were referring to the cylinders made by Vulcan.

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Patheno0 wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 11:41 am where the cylinder is put on (I believe the mandrel) wobbles, and the one cylinder i have is not just running a bit slow, it is literally unplayable (hard to know if it's even a song)
Also there is no speed adjuster on the Pathé no. 0.

This is your speed adjuster....

thanks, never noticed it, also the guy who sold me the machine never told me and he was an expert on phonographs, guy had a museum.

Actually this might be a stylus issue if the sound is bad on all the cylinders.
Or lose horn suspension if it judders.

The funny thing is when I play an authentic wax cylinder it doesn't wobble at all

Is there any way you could post a video of what's going on?

Yes, all that is very strange and very is all curious!

I will try playing an indestructable on one of my Pathé machines. I have a suspicion that the Pathé stylus may be a bit too large?