Comments on: 10-Inch LPs, Jazz Record Center, eBay

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:01:12 +0000

ceedee: that is what I do. The mono cartridge on my main, high quality, turntable, gives the best sound reproduction for the bulk of my collection.
For the few stereo albums in my collection, I have a second turntable with a stereo/mono cartridge. It is a Swiss Lenco turntable with 78/45/33 and 16 rpm. So I can play my 16 rpm Prestige albums for fun.
The 33 rpm versions of same though sound better than the 16 rpm equivalents.

By: ceedee

ceedee — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 10:53:04 +0000

If you can swing a second turntable(as some do),there’s nothing like hearing your mono lps w/ a mono cartridge. For me,it’s easier than constantly swapping pickups..

By: Jan

Jan — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 08:41:14 +0000

I use a mono pickup to play my 10 inch records and it improves the sound quality a lot.I think I read somewhere that a lot of distortion results because the modern stereo needles do not fit perfectly into the groove and take a lot of signals that result in surface noise from the bottom of the grooves.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:21:04 +0000

Thanks Aaron, this confirms what I’ve always heard/believed. I don’t think of it in absolutes though, I would bet that there are cases were the 10″ sounds better than the 12″ but i don’t think it’s standard.

Also, I love the cover of Jutta. I find it fascinating.

By: dottorjazz

dottorjazz — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:17:14 +0000

Al:two different sessions under Al Haig name.
1) NYC c. April 1949: Wardell Gray, ts; A. Haig, p; Jimmy Raney, g; Tommy Potter, b; Charlie Perry, dr; Terry Swope, vcl.
4 tracks : Five star, Sugar hill bop, In a pinch, Talk of the town.
Available on Dawn DEP 101
2) NYC May 12 1949: S. Getz, ts; A. Haig, p; J. Raney, g; Gene Ramey, b; Charlie Perry, dr; Carlos Vidal, congas.
4 tracks: Skull buster, Ante room, Poop deck, Pennies from heaven
Available on Dawn DEP 102
Last 2 tracks first session and full second session also on Dawn DLP 1126
hope it helps

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:37:37 +0000

The record cutter heads improved quite a lot from the early/mid-’50 to the later ’50s/early ’60s and were able to cut higher frequencies with less distortion. Often this would result in the early 12″ reissues of earlier 10″ record to have higher fidelity sound.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:43:20 +0000

I’d love to hear anyones opinion on 10 inch sound quality. I have somewhere between 200-300 10″ and I find them to in general have a higher level of surface noise. As a math geek my instincts tell me that it’s not necessarily a valid conclusion to say 10″ is noisier than 12″ because my sample is of older records vs slightly newer records. But, I also think that the pressing technology of 33rpm records improved between the early 50s to the late 60s(then took a dive as companies started using recycled vinyl composites more and more). Anyone else have any insight as this conversation has fascinated me.
The Jutta looks so enticing, but I know it will soon be out of my price range. But I know I can find a few other beauty’s in this current JRC auction.