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Anyone else for 1940s-50s Vacuum Tube electronics & vintage records?,and New To Forum
YEs, good ones with proper rolloff (i.e. truncation of high-end beyond about 10 kHz) and lightweight late-1940s tracking, and mint condition 78s, sound basically the same as compact disc re-issues of the same material. I think you're confusing high-end late-1940s reproduction systems with...- blacknwhite
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Anyone else for 1940s-50s Vacuum Tube electronics & vintage records?,and New To Forum
Thanks! Oh yeah, those cheaply-made hand-cranked Victrola's would wear down a steel needle in a single playing... No steel needles on this top-of-the-line 1947 RCA Victor unit, though, it uses a spherical-tipped 0.3-mil sapphire stylus. Well-made records and reproduction...- blacknwhite
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Anyone else for 1940s-50s Vacuum Tube electronics & vintage records?,and New To Forum
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Anyone else for 1940s-50s Vacuum Tube electronics & vintage records?,and New To Forum
Hi All, New to the forum; looking forward to contributing. Any other fans of vintage 1940s-50s tube gear & 78/45/33 rpm pressings? Many people think of 78s as being "inherently scratchy", till they hear a clean, good quality pressing on a well-restored vintage machine designed to have the...- blacknwhite
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