Comments on: Im new to record players so i have questions? http://antiquerecordplayers.info/im-new-to-record-players-so-i-have-questions.htm Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:53:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: E-ma http://antiquerecordplayers.info/im-new-to-record-players-so-i-have-questions.htm/comment-page-1#comment-360 E-ma Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:56:22 +0000 http://antiquerecordplayers.info/im-new-to-record-players-so-i-have-questions.htm#comment-360 78 was the very old type big records. 45 are the smaller size records. (Only one song per side.) 33 is the more "modern" large size records. (Look the same size as a 78 big thinner, not as heavy.) I know by playing the records on the machine. If it sounds like chipmunks singing then it's playing too fast & you lower the speed. If it sounds like slow motion speech then you increase speed of the rpms (Revolutions per minute.) That is why the first large platters were at a higher 78 rpm, b/c they were heavier and required more speed to turn them for play. Once the got lighter then they could be played at a slower 33 rpm. You'd be best to get machine with all three speeds, but 33 & 45 will cover most records you'd find now-a-days 78 was the very old type big records.
45 are the smaller size records. (Only one song per side.)
33 is the more "modern" large size records. (Look the same size as a 78 big thinner, not as heavy.)

I know by playing the records on the machine. If it sounds like chipmunks singing then it's playing too fast & you lower the speed. If it sounds like slow motion speech then you increase speed of the rpms

(Revolutions per minute.) That is why the first large platters were at a higher 78 rpm, b/c they were heavier and required more speed to turn them for play. Once the got lighter then they could be played at a slower 33 rpm.
You'd be best to get machine with all three speeds, but 33 & 45 will cover most records you'd find now-a-days

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