[78-L] Dumb Gennetts

[martha]

Robert Callen, a recording engineer for Gennett and later Brunswick, stated 
that he/they determined that too
much bass on the records didn't work on the older acoustic phonos (which 
most phonos still were - compared to acoustics, very few electric phonos or 
even "Ortho" types  were sold until after the Depression) .. so they 
purposely filtered out the lower end.

Complete paper here:  http://www.box.net/shared/2qtgy02lmy





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Duncan" <recordgeek334578 at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Dumb Gennetts


I think that record buyers in Britian had acoustical players until the 40s 
on mass due to cost of more advanced equipment rather than a preference 
coupled with the fact that so many homes didn't have electricity until the 
WWII period at all or perhaps in only one part of any building.

I wouldn't know about the equivalent matters in the US surrounding this 
though.

I definitely agree with you surrounding the 'wear test' and 78s recorded 
'too well'.

Matthew Duncan
UK




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From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Sat, 9 January, 2010 18:00:26
Subject: Re: [78-L] Dumb Gennetts

I don't see how you could "dumb down" the sound without dubbing it or how
Varsity reissues could be better if dubbed from the issued versions, unless
someone was a genius at EQing. It is true however that records recorded "too
well" would fail the wear test. I also understand that because so many
collectors in Britain preferred acoustical players, many recordings were
equalized to play well on those machines.

Then there are those Edith Piaf Polydors, which seem equalized to sound as 
if
they're being PLAYED on an acoustic machine.

dl

Malcolm Rockwell 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>>>>
>>>>