Let Me Have My Dreams. (Victor Electric) played on a Paillard portable
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 5:20 am
Many thanks for uploading that. (I saw your private message.)
That sounds very good! From what I can tell, it puts out a solid mid-range, and pretty good treble.
The record, itself, sounds like it's spinning a bit fast--hard to tell with the girlie voice style used by tenors during this era. You can easily check the speed by using a strobe disc -- there are a number available online, for free.
This is the one I use: http://www.oldcrank.com/articles/strobes/60hz.html (They also have a 50 hz version for European current -- http://www.oldcrank.com/articles/strobes/50hz.html )
Simply print and cut the disc to fit, place it on the turntable, and shine a conventional incandescent 60 watt light-bulb onto the disc while it spins. When it reaches one of the three indicated speeds -- 80, 78, or 76 rpm--the spinning bars for that speed will seem to stand still.
I've found, over the years, that speed varies with temperature and related "climate" changes, so I check the turntable speeds regularly.
Joe