"Stabat Mater- Infammatus"- MARIE RAPPOLD & CHORUS

[onehundredthree]

Wow! I'm not used to these old cylinders sounding so good/clear. Whatever technique you're using for playback really does the trick.

[gramophoneshane]

LOL. Just a cheap Kodak C330 on a tripod in front of the Amberola 30.

The Amberola 30's not a bad sounding machine though for it's size. Blue Amberol cylinders can be a bit of a mixed bag too. All but the last few made, were dubbed from Edison diamond disc's from 1915 on, so the sound quality of these cylinders depend alot on how good the disc was that it was copied from.

[onehundredthree]

I'm used to my grandfather's Edison cylinders, which sound no where near as clear as these. I think they were a bit older, as they were mostly black or brown with a few Amberols in between. He played them all on the same machine which used a small horn as an amplifier. I remember wondering to myself how people could've even enjoyed listening to such unclear records. He said they wore out more each time they were played.

[VanWhistler]

How does this compare to the Karl Jenkins version? First time I heard this version, but it is good. I like it.