[78-L] Acoustic v. radio

[David Lennick]

Please send an off-list message to dlennick at sympatico.ca and I'll give you my Paypal info. Thanks!
dl

> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:52:51 -0500
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> From: lizmcl at midcoast.com.invalid
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Acoustic v. radio
> 
> 
> Put me down for one of those -- I can paypal if you like, and might even be
> able to identify the bad drama for you.
> 
> Elizabeth
> 
> On 1/13/16 8:59 AM, "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I've put together 4 CDs of 1923-32 airchecks and test recordings including
> > everything I borrowed from Jim Hadfield in the early 90s (line recordings of
> > the New York Philharmonic, the Associated Glee Clubs on WEAF, some
> > unidentified dance orchestras, some bits of bad drama), two almost complete
> > Whispering Jack Smith programs and other goodies. I listed them on Facebook
> > groups but keep forgetting there are luddites over here, so drop me a request
> > for the list if you're interested. $20 +$5 shipping. (In Canada, we'll accept
> > beaver pelts.)
> > 
> > dl
> > 
> >> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 08:20:44 -0500
> >> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> >> From: lizmcl at midcoast.com.invalid
> >> Subject: Re: [78-L] Acoustic v. radio
> >> 
> >> 
> >> The carbon microphones of the twenties had a thin sound, with fair midrange,
> >> comparatively little bass, and a noticeable hiss. Listening to a broadcast
> >> originating from such a microphone on a regenerative receiver, thru
> >> high-impedance metal-diaphragm headphones, was not too far removed from the
> >> sound quality you'd get on a telphone. A horn speaker used the same type of
> >> receiver element as the headphones, and introduced horn resonances to the
> >> mix. 
> >> 
> >> Radio sound quality took a tremendous jump in the late twenties with the
> >> introduction of the condenser microphone and the electro-dynamic field coil
> >> cone speaker, both of which got rid of the tinny quality and made
> >> reproduction far more lifelike than anything previously available.
> >> 
> >> Elizabeth
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On 1/12/16 6:16 PM, "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk.invalid>
> >> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> 
> >>> How did early radio sound compare with acoustic recordings?
> >>> 
> >>>        Julian Vein
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