LMAO, Dan - nice one! I'd love to have heard such a system; if out of all the phonographs I've ever heard, Edison's cylinder phonos were the strongest, loudest, clearest and most robust, then I shudder to imagine what technological advancements he would've eventually incorporated into the 50's and 60's... Hmmm, a stereo Diamond Disc. Think he would've used a double groove?
More likely, his son would've continued down the road of imitating everyone else's products to keep the company competitive. Best, R. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Kj" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 7:50 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison phono question > Don't feel too bad ; remember that Edison supported a large number of people > during his life, started industried which employed thousands (millions?), > and he left a good fortune when he died. Also consider that the whole > recording industry went bust during the Depression, so if Edison records had > been electrical a few years earlier, it couldn't have made much of a > difference in the end (but, perhaps we'd have had 12inch, vertically-cut, > long-playing Condensite records on our spring-powered Super Edisonic HI-FI > systems in 1952. hehe ) > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Vuillemenot" <[email protected]> > > > > > Randy, > > The problem is that all geniuses have big egos. This is usually their > > downfall. They refuse to let go of what they though was a good idea even > > though the commercial realities dictate that they should. I used to work > > for Polaroid. Edwin Land who's career was similar to Edison's had the > > same shortcomings. He insisted on introducing his Polavision instant > > movie system even though he knew that video tape was very close to being > > available commercially. The result was a colossal failure that cost him > > his job as president of the company > > > > From: <[email protected]> > The phenomenon that allowed vacuum tubes and radio to be > >> developed is called, "The Edison Effect." He should have invented > >> electrical recording, not fought it. Oh, what might have been... > >> > >> Randy Minor > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.5 - Release Date: 12/3/2004 > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ >
