Thanks Ralph! It is unfortunate to think of how many incredibly talented opera singers were dismissed by Edison because they weren't "pure" (i.e. stale) enough for him!

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You're welcome! And take good care of that console, the C-3 is not a common model :)

Thank you kindly!

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you! Enjoy your C-19, it is one of the best phonographs the Edison Company made!

Edison disc and phonograph sales were roughly about 10% that of the U.S. (adjusting for the decreased population and number of buyers, of course). Because marketing them in the UK was basically an afterthought done by the Edison company after WWI, that would explain why you mostly find noisy opera discs over there (the discs made between about 1915 through 1922 are VERY noisy!) Thanks for commenting.

Opera DD & cylinders are one main area of interest in my 60 year collection.

Thanks! Edison Diamond Discs, once the novelty of seeing such a strange record wears off, are more similar to other discs of the era than they are different. I'm glad you liked it!

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Glad to help!

I have a Edison Victrola and about 400 records that I'm selling. Honestly not a scam. I inherited them from my mother a music teacher and am interested in selling to a person sincerely interested in collecting and preserving

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I used to have a C-150, but I sold it to a buyer last year who could use it more frequently than I would. Now I just have my Japanese Victrola as my only wind-up player :)

A Japanese Victrola?

Yes, I have posted videos of it on my channel. It's a model J1-35 from 1935 or 36.

+THEVICTROLAGUY, the chequered border is NOT an 80 rpm strobe, I've tested this myself. The record must spin around 115 rpm in order for the border to stay still.

+Jason Madore you have to use incandescent lighting, a real light bulb not compact florescent. i use these all the time, the border is a 80 RPM STROBE...

Huh, I have not tried it with an incandescent light. Fair enough, I'll try it out and get back to you!

This is certainly untrue. The border is a decorative one and NOT stroboscope markings for 80rpm.

@@expertsenior6262 i suggest you try it...

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I would if I owned either of them! Pictures of both the Edison Long Play and white dealer's sample records are on the Web, I would recommend going to Popsike for them first.

Sorry for the confusion! Ideally, if you have a 1 mil stylus, you should play Diamond Discs using that as it most closely matches the groove width. However, most record players with 78 rpm speed function do not come with a stylus of this size, they only come with a 3 mil (standard) or .07 mil (microgroove). In that case, the 3 mil can be used instead but be advised that neither of those stylii will deliver the best possible sound reproduction.

@@TheModernMillennial .07 mil- really??

The red star on the label was a message from Edison's recording studios that they thought the records would be slow sellers. Seriously. The red star labels were put on certain record labels that had music by largely unknown artists. It had nothing to do with the quality of content. But Edison's marketing team, like every other marketing team then and now, knew that customers were more likely to purchase records with celebrity or well known artists on them. And unlike other recordings, which were required to be stocked at Edison dealers, red star labels were not required to be stocked. Edison records were never subject to discount or refund from the factory, for any reason by any dealer. So the red star labels were actually a helpful tool for dealers who obviously strive for profit. This all begs the question, why would Edison's recording studios press records which they thought to be bad sellers? The answer is this, who knows. I'm sure that info is gone with the wind at this point. One might assume that it was perhaps for experimentation. A kind of test on the buying public for the lesser known artists. Kinda like throwing noodles at the wall and seeing which one sticks. Seems like the most reasonable explanation.

Sort of, it was actually closer to the VHS vs. Beta "war". In a nutshell, Edison developed a superior product that was popular initially, but he lacked the ability to 1. cater to market demands, and 2. utilize his products (records and phonographs) to their fullest potential (i.e. not using microphones to make records a full two years after his competitors started using them).

+Daniel Bunge, I could not possibly give you information because there are rare Edisons that go for hundreds of dollars and common ones that go for less than 50 cents. Who are the artists and are they in playable condition?

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+Daniel Bunge, don't worry, the Edisons are very scratch and scuff resilient. Unlike 78s, it actually takes quite a bit of force to scratch an Edison disc to the point that it would be audible upon playback!