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(Unverified)Oct 26th 2010 1:04PM

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I even have some 78's and nothing was said about playing them on a turntable. Can I play them on the 33&1/3 mode? I have a ton of records and am not willing to part with any of them. I even have a Danny Kaye's album, it's Danny Kaye sings Hans Christian Anderson, By Decca, Microgroove unbreakable. Copyrights 1952, Decca Records, inc, Printed in the United States. Wow Printed in the United States, how novel is that?

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(Unverified)Oct 26th 2010 11:24PM

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the stanton turntable listed above plays 78rpm discs. if you're digitizing your collection of 78's you don't necessarily need a player that runs at 78rpm speed since the speed can be corrected digitally with the software (audacity even has a 33-78 and 45-78 pitch control setting).

one major point to be aware of is those old 78's have grooves about 8 times larger than 45 or 33 rpm "microgroove" records, so to avoid damaging your good stereo stylus you should use a stylus specially designed for 78rpm records, such as the shure N78S or stanton D6827.

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