Hardbopjazz Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 I saw an old tuntable that had a setting for 16 RPM. I never saw this or even heard of it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted July 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 I would think the sound most have really stunk. It was spinning so slow. Was the 16 RPM a attempt to fit a lot of music on record? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockefeller center Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Courtesy of google: http://www.newscientist.com/lastword/article.jsp?id=lw576 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Since it was actually 16 2/3 RPM, exactly 1/2 of 33 1/3 RPM, you could play LPs at half speed (an octave lower) and make transcribing hard stuff easier. The speed was used mostly for spoken word, I believe. Lots of things on the Caedmon label, if my school's AV library was any indication. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 A related thread: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...c=3947&hl=16rpm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 As far as music is concerned, the 16 speed didn't go anywhere. Prestige but a handful of albums out there, but nothing happened. I had a couple of them (0ne was an MJQ release) and they sounded OK by early 60s lo-fi standards, but the frequency range was obviously cut down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrdlu Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 For music, it didn't really happen. There were, however, a few Prestige LPs at that speed, though I never saw one. They are mentioned in one of the CD box set books - Trane maybe. A friend of mine had an automatic changer that was 4 speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockefeller center Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Shrdlu and Albertson: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 (edited) Shrdlu and Albertson: I don't see no cuckoo clock, so I have to ask, who's who? Edited July 29, 2004 by couw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Wrong! I have never made such a big splash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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