One essential aspect of turntables is their ability to play records at different speeds, ensuring accurate playback of various types of vinyl. Different types of records are designed to be played at specific RPMs. In the context of turntables and vinyl records, RPM refers to the speed at which the platter rotates while playing a record. RPM stands for “revolutions per minute.” It is a unit of measurement used to quantify the rotational speed or frequency of a rotating object, such as a turntable’s platter, in the context of vinyl record players. Join me on a virtual journey to explore the significance and nuances of the turntable’s speed, uncovering how it breathes life into the cherished melodies etched into vinyl grooves. As the turntable’s platter spins, the record player speeds dictate the tempo at which the music unfolds, influencing the sound quality, playback duration, and compatibility with different record formats. ![]() Same for the Chrysler 1956 Highway Hi-Fi – those need an even smaller stylus at a quarter-mil – 2/3 smaller than an LP stylus.The rotation speed is an essential characteristic of turntables that sets the stage for listening to vinyl records. ![]() They need a half-mil stylus a third smaller than the stereo LP version in order not to be destroyed. Never play those Seeburg/CustoMusic discs with a normal 33 stereo or mono stylus. These were quickly recalled and most made it back to the factory to be destroyed, but occasionally you run across one that somebody doesn’t know what they have since there’s no 16 RPM designation on it – only way to tell is the tracks are half as long as they should be. Jim Reeves 3 vol set very nearly rival their mono LP counterparts.Īnd then in 1973 when they were doing the Beatles Red Album White Album and Blue Album in a box set in add’n to their original 2-LP configurations – somebody made a mistake and cut single-disc double-play versions at 16 RPM and sent them out as promos in a box set with fiberboard in the other sleeves (for what would have been the other record) as padding. Riverside and Prestige Jazz series from ten years earlier, as well as the South African e.g. In the case of the Allied Artists types – a lot of the time those were loaded into a Seeburg AMS that could handle LPs vs the BMS which could only handle its’ own custom 9-inch discs with the 2 inch hole and placed in restaurants etc.īy the late 60s though a number of stereo 16 RPM selections could be found, the most notable being Will Kennedy Dancetime Orchestra. But to be fair, on both the 7-inch as well as the 10-inch (Fonit) and 12-inch (Allied Artists) – the groove pitch was packed so tight as they would be in spoken word that there was no room for high fidelity. In the 50s and 60s when most of these were cut and pressed, yes the sound quality was only passable. The only difference is they leave the source playback at real time instead of half speed.Ģ. Of course all the Half-Speed-Mastered audiophile LP cutting centers can do it since they have to cut at 16 anyway. Ndiamone here – look me up on the aforementioned vinylengine and tapeheads and audiokarma and lathetrolls and just about every other related vintage record engineering and electronics board. At least somebody had a picture of a 16 rpm sector. Have you ever seen a 16 rpm record? Do you have particular memories of vinyl from your childhood? I wonder if 16 rpm can even me mastered and pressed these days? At least my TTXs can run 33 rpm at -50% should I ever stumble across one. I also did a quick check on eBay - seems that The Bible in spoken word form is reasonably easy to locate, but nothing in the way of music. So instead of me trying to sound like an authority on something I just researched, check out this excellent Bloggerhythms piece from 2011. ![]() Unlike my seven year old self who did accidentally break the odd 78 (you knew this anyway parents), I have the internet, so googled “ 16 rpm records” and got back everything I needed to know about the mystery that has haunted me since childhood. I remember a good selection of Sixties 45s (including Double Barrel on 45 that got given to charity before I could lay my much older hands on it), a diverse collection of seventies LPs (Carpenters and Johnny Mathis for my Mum, and Deep Purple for my Dad) and even the odd inherited 78 too.īut there was a setting on our stereo music centre (it had one of those interchangeable spindles where you could stack up a bunch of 45s too) that confused me, and to this day I don’t think I’ve ever come across one, and that’s “16”. ![]() I have no idea why this just popped into my head, but I had a flashback to being a kid (yes Jared, I was young at some point), and being fascinated with my parents’ record collection.
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