[78-L] Electric Edison Diamond Discs

[Ron L]

I've heard Electric DDs played back on both acoustical and electric
reproducing machines and they do sound very nice, particularly on electric
playback.   I though they sounded really nice when played through an Edison
electric phonograph.

Ron

-----Original Message-----
From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Robert M. Bratcher
Jr.
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Electric Edison Diamond Discs

At 11:30 AM 3/17/2009, you wrote:
>On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 12:25 -0500, David Lennick wrote:
> > According to Ray Wile's "Edison Disc Recordings", popular DDs 
> from 52089 on are
> > all electrical (last number is 52651). If so that would make 
> Edison the only
> > label that didn't continue issuing acousticals and electricals 
> side by side
> > till the old ones were used up.
>
>IIRC, Edison was down to one studio by that point, so his output was
>easier to control. Acoustic today, electric tomorrow. Victor had studios
>in NY, Camden, and Oakland that I know of, and electrical was phased in
>while acoustic was still being used. Columbia likewise had NY and
>probably Bridgeport - did they have a west coast presence then?

So which system (for electric) did Edison use? Same one as Victor & 
Columbia were using or another system? Did his electrics sound better 
than the acoustical discs? Reson I'm asking is I've never heard an 
electric Edison disc. 

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