On Wed Dec 20 00:19:24 2023 [email protected]d (MummyChunk) wrote:

muzician21 wrote:
Hadn't played a 45 in a long time. It seemed to me they always

sounded

"overloaded", distorted, never as "clean" as an

LP.

Just got a 45 off Ebay - brand new condition. As I do with any

vinyl

before it gets played I hit it with vacuum irrigation using the

Disc

Doctor solution and brushes, distilled water rinse.

Yup, sounds distorted with a buzzy, grainy edge. My turntable is

an

SL1200 MK2 with an Audio Technica catridge in good condition.

While

not a $100k exotic setup it should be up to the task of playing

the

disc. Clean condition Direct To Disc albums sound great on it.

What's the story with 45's?

Does anybody have a good enough memory to understand if when 45s were
new they still had the difference in sound that you might be hearing
today?

This is a response to the post seen at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=181909909#181909909

Sound quality aside, legend has it that when Columbia introduced the "LP" it used 33 1/3 RPM because radio transcriptions used that speed. RCA wanted to counter with a new "single" and required that it be "any speed except 33 1/3 RPM". The "45" was
born. Is it just a coincidence that 45+33=78?

"If you notice the sound, it's wrong" Roy W. Rising

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