Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site homxa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!homxa!wdc From: wdc@homxa.UUCP (W.CLARK) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: record speeds Message-ID: <402@homxa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Sep-84 10:36:49 EDT Article-I.D.: homxa.402 Posted: Mon Sep 24 10:36:49 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 08:17:59 EDT References:, <1323@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 25 >Sorry this is not an answer, but more question. In addition to the above >speeds, where did 16 rpm come from, and more importantly, what was it used >for? I remember reading in an old "Electronics Illustrated", circa 1972, >that it was used for a few "talking story" records in the fifties. I've >never seen one of these, so I don't know if the story is true. Can anyone >speak with the voice of experience? >Brad Spear >sdcrdcf!brad The voice of experience speaks: When my parents got married in 1956, they had the ceremony recorded and then pressed onto 3 16 RPM discs. I believe these discs were the same diameter as an lp. At their 25th anniversary, they took them out and played them. They sounded awful. Maybe the slow speed adversely affected the quality in the same way that 1 7/8 ips tape sounds worse than 3 3/4 ips tape does. Perhaps the low fidelity rendered them suitable only for "voice-quality" recording. -Dave Clark (homxa!wdc)