Re: Why were the RPM speeds of records chosen
Fascinating Wikipedia article - plus it makes you wonder how much influence the physical limitations of the 78's had on popular music. For example most 'pop' songs are 3 mins or under in length which is the same limit the early 78's had.
I was also intrigued to find frequency response did not seem to be a consideration for deciding speed; apparently even 16rpm was used in early times for Jazz records and only later used for recorded speech. Instead motor speed seems to have been the dominant factor.
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