[78-L] Steiner Paramounts

[Evan MacBeth]

Hello all,

Long time watcher, first time in a long time poster & all that…

Just a quick one: do any of you know what the shellac quality is like on the Steiner issued Paramount discs (14000 series)? The only NYRL disc I've got is a Broadway from the late 20s and it's as good/bad as you'd expect it to be, but I've never come across a disc from the second incarnation of Paramount.

Also, a supplementary question: did the discs in the 14000 series that happened to be pressed from original masters suffer from any noise inherent in the manufacturing process (poor quality recording wax or electroplating, etc.)? I wouldn't be expecting a high fidelity disc, I'm just curious as to what I'd find in such a disc. 

Cheers,
Evan.