Bob also totally scr()wed me with Orthophonic and Edison "rebuilds". Perhaps he'd lost his alleged touch by then, but both were the worst botch-jobs ever heard by my ears. Sad.
My problem with later Edison discs: although the higher frequencies were fine, after about 1921 most of the recordings were of cheesy little orchestras which failed to produce much "punch" and the lower frequencies were absent. I have a feeling that once Edison lost interest in the recording activities, due to age and deafness, it went downhill. In other words: Jaudas' Society Orchestra in 1917 makes a better impression than the Golden Gate in 1925, allowing for differences in the musical content. Sez me, anyway - and I know that is quite subjective ! Would rather hear a good Victor Military Band disc on the Edison than on a Victrola, btw .... ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Best sounding Phonograph > gee, when i read this, i remembered a little thing i wrote about 15 years > ago. googled around and guess what, it's still out there on the web! > > http://www.shellac.org/wams/wpete08.html > > bob waltrip was the guy who told me the phrase about the DD sound > following you down the hall. my, time flies.
