[78-L] Electric Edison Diamond Discs

[martha]

Early-on, they used a home made system whipped-up by Theodore and others;  later, 
RCA equipment was purchased.
The earlier electricals do have a unique sound (tinny distortion) ... those from 
later 1928 and 1929 are much better.

Vertical & lateral masters were cut simultaneously, using 2 lathes and amplifiers 
but one microphone (no surprise stereo )

This is from memory, subject to recollection correction  :)



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Electric Edison Diamond Discs


> I've been underwhelmed by the electrical DDs and thin Edisons I've heard. Lots
> of distortion (maybe this cleared up after a while) and the laterals are no
> better than Brunswicks of the time.
>
> dl
>
> Royal Pemberton wrote:
>> I understand Edison used a GE recording system, as nobody other than
>> Victor and Columbia got the WE equipment.
>>
>> On 3/17/09, Ron L <lherault at bu.edu> wrote:
>>> 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
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