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How to pick a stylus to play a 78-rpm record (www.vjm.biz)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by kalkulat to c/technology
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Insights into the kind of crap 78-rpm records were made of, and other scarce technical infos.

If you're not sure what 'a record' is, or haven't ever seen one, you're excused.

Oh, and by-the-way, 78 is the approximate number you get when you rotate a 46-tooth gear with a 3600 rpm motor. (60 cycles per second.)

Further wisdom such as this is found by the ton here: http://www.78rpmrecord.com/links.htm

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[–] LucasWaffyWaf 4 points 1 year ago

Best way I've had it explained to me is that you're not doing vinyl for the fidelity. You're doing it for the vibes. Sure, CDs sound better, and streaming is more convenient, but I find it much more fun to go through the process of doing music through vinyl. Plus there's just something about going through the effort that makes it easier for my ADHD mind to actually sit down and listen to an entire album, whereas with streaming it's so easy to just discard a song or album and do something else instead.