My Gothic Art Model Actuelle has a door on the side as well as two doors in
front & the top raises also. I find it sounds best if all but the
side door are closed so the cabinet acts as a sort of baffle.
Ji
m Cartwright
Im
mortal Performances
jimcip at earthlink.net
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> [Original Message]
> From: DanKj <edisone1 at verizon.net>
> To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
> Date: 06-Nov-2008 5:13:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Lateral Vs Vertical.
>
> I have both the "tone arm" Actuelle and the direct Actuelle, but some
nit-wit seems
> to have soaked my "direct" cone with tons of shellac, rendering it so
stiff and
> heavy that it's almost silent. I might try soaking the whole thing in a
big vat of
> alcohol, to dissolve the crud.
>
> I would think that the Actuelles with a louvered opening are a little
better on bass
> tones, though I have not heard one.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jimcip at earthlink.net>
> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 2:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Lateral Vs Vertical.
>
>
> > Dear Mr. Wright:
> > I have a Pathe Actuelle which use a paper cone drive by a mechanical
> > connection to the playback stylus, not as directly as the diffuser you
> > mention.
> > Very pure sound but definitely mid-rage only, the mass of the linkage
> > eliminating higher frequencys & since there is no baffle to the cone,
> > the lower frequencys are weakened by the air moved by the back of the
cone,
> > out of phase with that moved by the front of the cone cancelling it.
> > If there had been some way to provide a baffle for the cone, the low
> > frequency responce would have been far better.
> >
> > Very
truly
> > yours,
> >
> > Immortal
> > Performances
> >
> > jimcip at earthlink.net
> > EarthLink Revolves Around You.
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: Robert Wright <esroberto at hotmail.com>
> >> To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
> >> Date: 03-Nov-2008 5:57:19 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Lateral Vs Vertical.
> >>
> >> Jim, Greg, Steve, and Thomas :-),
> >>
> >> Thanks very much for all the insight. I hadn't considered the
> > possibility
> >> that vertical was inferior, but vertical companies worked that much
> > harder
> >> for better sound; I assumed all other things were probably even. I do
> > find
> >> it strange that so many vertical recordings by so many companies had
> >> superior sound to so many laterals, including as pointed out below,
> >> individual labels who issued records cut both ways.
> >>
> >> Anyone have any impressions of the Path? Diffusor? I would think that
> > being
> >> a large diaphragm with a jewel tip sitting directly on the recorded
> > groove,
> >> it would be the most direct playback mechanism of any that have
existed.
> >> Right? No pivot point to worry about, just the simplest physics around
> > --
> >> true analog, as it were, the only example of it since Edison's original
> >> prototype, yes? Has anyone thought to try improving upon that
particular
> >> playback methodology?
> >>
> >> Thanks again, all. I'm storing these in a special folder to revisit
from
> >> time to time.
> >>
> >> Best to all,
> >> Robert
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Thomas Edison" <edisonphonoworks at hotmail.com>
> >> To: <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
> >> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 4:10 PM
> >> Subject: [Phono-L] Lateral Vs Vertical.
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hello everyone. Thinking of the L and V issue, I have a very simple
> >> > response from cutting records. I had recorded Laquers with the
> > Fairchild
> >> > lathe , in order to record high frequencies, I had to boost them to a
> >> > dangerous level almost burning the coil up. When you record you
boost
> >> > highs and limit the lows, and the opposite when you play them back.
I
> >> > used the same head to record hill and dale cylinder records on Edison
> >> > blanks, and could record the cylinders almost flat, and the lows and
> > highs
> >> > sounded very similar to the original recording, and the highs did not
> > have
> >> > to be boosted to the dangerous levels of the lateral disc of which
the
> >> > head was designed to cut, so it certainly seems that it is harder to
> >> > record highs on lateral recordings than vertical. Some of you on the
> > list
> >> > have some of these electrically recorded cylinders in your
collections
> >> > with modern music on them, you can state the same I am sure. When it
> >> > comes to bass however, vertical records are much harder as li
> >> > fts occur, but you can increase the ambient wax temperature and
record
> >> > deeper grooves, and record more bass The lowest bass note I had
> > recorded
> >> > on cylinders was 16 cps, however this was a test tone, with no other
> >> > frequencies added, it was very difficult to do but can be done.
> > Lateral
> >> > records record bass with relative ease, however if the volume is to
> > high
> >> > the grooves run into eachother and must be spaced apart more. (Most
> > modern
> >> > recording lathes do this automatically.) If you listen to companies
> > that
> >> > recorded lateral and vertical records you can hear much clearer
> > records,
> >> > with vertical recordings time and time again. Pathe', Gennette ect.
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