Spyke
lemmy.ca

Is the mom referring to a record player when she says "78 rpm?"

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Yes, different records are intended to be played at different speeds but you can select a higher number for a slower record to play it faster

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lemmy.world

Yes. The normal speed would be 33.33 rpm unless it was a 45 rpm single which is less likely for classical. So classical music played at 2.3x speed.

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lemmy.world

OMG I wouldn't have thought people today might miss that! Kinda like rotary phones i guess. Now i feel even older.

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I was born in the early 80's and I still didn't really know the significance of 78 RPM. I knew that it was a turntable speed, but I had no idea whether it was slow or fast. By the time I was old enough that my dad would have let me touch the record player we were on to cassettes.

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