Binaural Record Demonstration Livingston Tone Arm (1953)

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[harristeeter1]

You are right on both counts..I have KILLED many discs but I, too, NEEDED to set up this system..luckily I have duplicates and triplicates of many of these recordings and I am at the point now where I can set the tonearm to a very light pressure..it does have to be re-calibrated now and again, though.

[newfuckingwave]

that head must've KILLED those discs lol. but seriously, i NEEEEED this

[harristeeter1]

When did that come out, and on what speed and label?

[noisedownloader]

there is another kind of rare records: with an interlaced groove, in other words there is a groove containing an audio track, and just aside of this, there is another independent track containing some other piece of music, its demise was the issue in targeting either one track or another

[lewisldurham]

Great, always wanted to see cooks invention in action. I have this record too but the mono version. What a great record. They did have single groove stereo records in the 30s. Some sides were made at Abbey Road in the mid 30s.

[Mark5W8Comer]

Too bad that they have less recording time. 16 2/3 would have given more time, but less quality. Maybe they should have gone to 16" discs!

[philtorpey]

I didn't know you could play records on a camping stove! Seriously though this is a great idea. What happened if one of the grooves jumped or got stuck? Is it possible for the two to go out of sync?

[harristeeter1]

@philtorpey Hi, thanks for the comment...they really stay in sync since both tracks begin and end exactly the same..if a scratch causes one needle to jump a groove it would throw it off..the tricky part is aligning them accurately to begin with, but generally it's pretty cool how it works!

[oatstao]

I have a few Cook Stereo LP's and they sound really good. This demonstration is amazing. What a system. I see the limitations but the sound must be superb. It would be even better to direct to disc with this system than tape, no chance of cross talk.

[harristeeter1]

I do have the Red Camp binaural disc.

[clarkdimond]

I haven't seen one of these since I was 12, back in the day. David Quinlan had one in his basement lair in Morristown, NJ. My Uncle Glenn collected some Cook records in Illinois -- any Red Camp amongst the binaurals? The Catalogue is available on the Smithsonian Folkways-Cook website. This is the first time I've heard this -- as with all of Cook's recordings, beautifully vivid sonic presence

[Gonnakillyou]

This would be really cool if the sound wasn't as obscenely distorted as it is. Bloody Vynil.

[Mark5W8Comer]

@Gonnakillyou 8 bits per channel leaves you with only 256 stairstepped levels per channel on an audio CD. That isn't obscenely distorted? Human ears are analog devices.

[beatlespaz]

Just when I thought I've seen it all. WOW this is cool!!!!!

[harristeeter1]

Dear stuszith: This uses a matched set of crystal cartridges, tracking weight can be adjusted by screw, making it as light as possible, though it's a bit tricky. The Califone was bought years ago on Ebay. I always enjoy listening to this set up, will try to post another "video" on this soon. Thank you for your comment.

[stuszith]

Wow??!! What a Rare Hi-fi Device ,does it use Magnetic or Crystal Cartridges??

I wonder about the effective mass / tracking wear???

And the Califone Reproducer is rare Too??!!

[harristeeter1]

This was the first commercial attempt at stereo and really Emery Cook, the producer of all this stuff, took great pains to make a perfect product as as well as records. The double-headed tone arm played 2-track records (for left and right channels) and of course you needed 2 separate amplifiers, one for each channel. This started in 1952 and went through about 1955-56 before single track stereo took over. I have dozens of binaural records on Cook, Livingston and Atlantic. They are rare.

[desoto1961]

I have never seen or heard of this !! Very cool !!

[RaymondTVinyl]

So Cool!! Amazing you can find one of these. I've known about them but have never seen one in action!! Thank U so much for sharing!

[sideshowtink]

AMAZING!

[Vinylrecordsneverdie]

That is the coolest thing I ever saw! I looks like the 1st attempt for stereo sound.

[CrisVangel]

Wow this is really mega-cool! lol, they must not have pressed all that many records in this format.. just awesome, quite a rarity there!!!