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What does one need to know about playing old 78 rpm records?
I am wanting to go through some of my Dad's records. These are from the 30's, 40's and 50's. How does one tell if they are shellac or vinyl? If I want to play them does the substrate matter? I have a Hana MC cart on a ClearAudio table and don't want to damage it. I'm fearful of worst case hitting a bad spot in the record that sends the arm and cart cascading across the whole record at 78 rpm. I have a second setup - Rega P3 table with a Sumiko cart, but I don't think it's capable of 78 rpm.