tenor ANTONIO PAOLI "Dejanire" (Viens, o toi) early, rare G&T - gmmix

[Triosfrios]

Absolutely fantastic voice!! His really was a world class sound!!!!

[WMP777]

Thanks for sharing your experience with those crafted machines from a begone era. I wonder as you mentioned about the wood horn, if the type of wood and the density of it may affect the acoustic characteristics. Do you know if there have been any attempt to reproduce the exact recording system of early 20th century(if possible) to record a modern singer?

Best wishes on Thanksgiving day with plenty of good music.

[gmmix]

@WMP777 - The type of wood used in a good horn was always an important factor. The Cheney phonograph used to advertise that their horns were crafter of "violin wood." Maybe 5 or 6 years ago, a company produced a

high-quality 78rpm (and a matching CD) of a recording made using 100-year-old equipment. The name of the tenor escapes me, but he was one very good. I bought the package and was very pleasantly surprised at the sound quality.

[WMP777]

@gmmix Thanks again for taking time to explain how these wonderful inventions from the past (78rpm)

are still today surpassing in sound quality the products of the digital era.

[WMP777]

Paoli's voice was huge and squillante. The antique Victrola projects also a beautiful tone that I did not perceived with the CD's re-issues. There is also an aural depth that is amazing. Am I listening right?

[gmmix]

@WMP777 - You are listening right. There is something about acoustical reproduction of early recordings

that produces a sound I've never heard from CD's. A group of us regularly listen to early recordings on a Victor 5 with a large wooden horn. The sound is spectacular. I well recall hearing Ponselle's Casta Diva on a first-class Victor Credenza Orlthophonic; the sound quality blew me away. Sitting in the room, before the horn, yields a sound never produced from a CD.

[VTMCompany]

again, your home is a museum! thanks for this wonderful recording, too.

[gmmix]

@VTMCompany - Thanks for your appreciative comment on the recording. I corrected the description to give proper credit to Jim Shulman for the use of the Victrola XVII at his home in Wynnewood, PA---a stone's throw from Philadelphia proper.