[78-L] Electric Edison Diamond Discs

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

At 04:05 PM 3/17/2009, you wrote:
>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

I wonder what caused the distortion on those discs?

>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