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Does this vindicate Edison in his "stubborn" adherence to his vertical 
recording methods as opposed to Berliner's (and others) lateral cutting?

DrG

On 3/9/11 11:33 AM, Michael Biel wrote:
> On 3/9/2011 1:50 PM, Dan Nelson wrote:

> I have a pair of test pressings of a 1935 program, one a vertical and
> the other a lateral of the exact same "take" of the program. The lateral
> is very good but the vertical is FANTASTIC. Especially as it reaches the
> outer edge at the end of the program, the sound quality of the Graham
> McNamee announcement is breathtaking -- and I am no fan of McNamee.
> World and WE was claiming 13,000 and 14,000 cps. top ends as early as
> 1932 and 33.
>
> Mike Biel [log in to unmask]