[78-L] Mills Brothers song

[Michael Biel]

From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> While we're on this subject, can somebody try and get through the
> thick skulls of the manufacturers of retro phonographs that putting
> the 78 speed on them means they need flipover styli? No wonder the
> folks buying these things think 78s are garbage.   dl

On the same dealer sites that are selling the newly manufactured
powerpoints, I see that they also have 3 mil sapphire styli for those
retro phonographs.  So the needles ARE available, but they do not come
with the phonographs, nor do the instructions for the machines mention
them, tell where they are available or even recommend using them.

What is interesting is that back in the early days of rock price guides
and collecting magazines like Goldmine in the late 70s and early 80s,
the idiots who wrote those things also did not know that you can't play
78s with an LP needle.  In many places they wrote that rock 78s were
garbage and that the price values of them were much, much lower than the
45s.  It wasn't until the 90s that some of them were finally clued into
their stupidity, and now they are pricing rock 78s above the 45s like
they should be.

Mike (I didn't tell them, I just laughed at them) Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com 
  


Michael Biel wrote:
> Royal Pemberton wrote:
>>> Another machine to investigate is the Alesis Masterlink.
>>> It's a hard disk recorder with a CD mechanism, and an
>>> internal editing platform with some DSP functions as well.
> From: "Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr." <citroenid19 at sbcglobal.net>
>> Pricey, professional quality, though. Very nice.
> 
> You two do realize that this excursion in this thread was started by
> Steve Barr explaining his quest to be able to record from his $3 garage
> sale phonograph if he can find some ceramic powerpoint type N8-3D
> replacement needles which put out a line-level output. I don't think he
> is considering a budget much above $10. Got any suggestions at that
> price level? 
> 
> I have found that there is a manufacturer now making those powerpoints
> again but they only have one point on them so there is no flip-over
> possible. There are two different ones available at about $14 each. One
> has a 1 mil diamond for microgroove and the other is the 3 mil Steve
> would need, but only in sapphire. (Since the diamond for a 3 mil point
> is three times the size of a 1 mil diamond, it would bring the cost up
> too much, so they're not making them.) Of course he would rather find
> cheaper NOS, and so would I. I just picked up another Caliphone for
> Leah to use for simple playbacks, but it only had an LP point. I hate
> spending $14 for a needle for a phonograph I paid $5 for! But she does
> have much better equipment as well.
> 
> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com