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Craig Sawyers · 18th Jul 2017, 11:02 am

Problem is that a modern stylus will bottom out on a 78 groove, or certainly ride very low. You really need a specific stylus for the groove format of 78's.

I get around that problem by having an old Shure M75EDII with an N75-3 stylus for my limited 78 collection.

And that is before you get into the different EQ that is used on 78's from different manufacturers and ages. But I think Audacity can cope with that.

Aha - yes it does http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/78rpm_playback_curves

Craig

18th Jul 2017, 11:02 am	#50
Craig Sawyers Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Oxford, UK. Posts: 4,992	Re: King's speech unedited BBC recording. Value? Problem is that a modern stylus will bottom out on a 78 groove, or certainly ride very low. You really need a specific stylus for the groove format of 78's. I get around that problem by having an old Shure M75EDII with an N75-3 stylus for my limited 78 collection. And that is before you get into the different EQ that is used on 78's from different manufacturers and ages. But I think Audacity can cope with that. Aha - yes it does http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/78rpm_playback_curves Craig