Why Different Rpm Vinyl

If you re like most record lovers you ve probably flipped speeds from time to time in order to hear your music faster or slower than normal.

Why different rpm vinyl.

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It s a funny little experiment but what are there three different speeds to begin with. Vinyl records typically come in three speeds. 33 45 and 78 rpm represents the speed at which the record spins on your turntable. As it turns out the height of the great depression was not the ideal time to launch an expensive novel consumer technology.

Vinyl records come in numerous speeds that impact playback and compatibility. The higher the rpm the greater the length of vinyl picked up by the stylus and ultimately the more accurate our sound reproduction becomes. Additionally longer wavelengths smaller angles in the grooves and the less complicated geometry at 45 rpm help to cut very precise grooves with very fine detail. The fidelity possible at 78 rpm could now be had at a much slower speed 33 1 3.

33 45 and 78 rotations per minute rpm. Once vinyl took over for the next few decades all domestic record players had four speeds. Most turntables can play 33s and 45s while 78s require a certain kind of stylus and motor speed.