Johnny ...
I used to have a second turntable ... an old Technics with an SME arm. I used it to play 78's. No room for a second table at this time though.
Its really surprising how good mono records can sound. I have hundreds of mono jazz albums, vocals and some classical too. At times, with a good mono record playing, the thought crosses my mind ... "who needs stereo?" As we mono guys know, mono sometimes sounds much better than the label's stereo releases.
Well recorded 78's can be pretty amazing too. I have a copy of the West Coast jazz group "The Lighthouse All Stars" on a 78 rpm record that puts them right in the room. I used to demo it for guests just to show them how good 78's can sound. The record companies were still issuing 78's well into the 1950's. We used to buy them when I was a kid because they were cheap. Fifty cents each, brand new. It was this era that had the good sounding 78's. Man ... Joe Houston, Big Jay McNeely and Earl Bostic on 78's? To die for. *lol*
I used to have a second turntable ... an old Technics with an SME arm. I used it to play 78's. No room for a second table at this time though.
Its really surprising how good mono records can sound. I have hundreds of mono jazz albums, vocals and some classical too. At times, with a good mono record playing, the thought crosses my mind ... "who needs stereo?" As we mono guys know, mono sometimes sounds much better than the label's stereo releases.
Well recorded 78's can be pretty amazing too. I have a copy of the West Coast jazz group "The Lighthouse All Stars" on a 78 rpm record that puts them right in the room. I used to demo it for guests just to show them how good 78's can sound. The record companies were still issuing 78's well into the 1950's. We used to buy them when I was a kid because they were cheap. Fifty cents each, brand new. It was this era that had the good sounding 78's. Man ... Joe Houston, Big Jay McNeely and Earl Bostic on 78's? To die for. *lol*