[78-L] Dumb Gennetts

[Royal Pemberton]

I'd wonder if the Gennetts were dubbed to make those matrices with less
bass?  Or to lower the level?  I have a Silvertone disc of Bradley Kincaid
with 'Methodist pie' on one side, 'Sourwood Mountain' on the other, and it's
virtually unlistenable, as the level is so low much of it is inaudible (it's
between V and V+ condition).

On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm at 78data.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Al.
> So Gennett "dumbed down" the stampers? If the Varsity pressings are
> better that would mean that the mother was untouched and new stampers
> were pulled from the "clean" mother. Still can't see how low-end
> response would be cut doing that.
> Malcolm
>
> *******
>
> Al Haug wrote:
> > Kennedy in 78Q number 8, page 47. Opinion on Varsity is my own.
> >
> > 2010/1/8 Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm at 78data.com>
> >
> >
> >> Who wrote it and what issue is it in?
> >> Malcolm
> >>
> >> *******
> >>
> >> Al Haug wrote:
> >>
> >>> An article in 78 Quarterly stated that Gennett regularly "dumbed down"
> >>>
> >> their
> >>
> >>> sound quality so the records would sound ok on the wind-up phonographs
> >>>
> >> that
> >>
> >>> their hillbilly and blues customers were likely to have, much to the
> >>>
> >> chagrin
> >>
> >>> of their engineers. Varsity reissues of this material often sounds
> >>>
> >> better.
> >>
> >>> 2010/1/8 Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> >>>
> >>>
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