[BC] Turntables (WAS:Achieving good S/N)

[Rich Wood]

------ At 07:03 PM 12/31/2005, Powell E. Way III W4OPW wrote: -------

>They sent me a CD of records being played. I was very
>UNimpressed with it. Bass response was very lacking
>and did not sound clean. NOT with my money....IF I had
>it to spend.

I think I remember a comment that the record had to be perfectly 
flat. The concept is a little like a CD where the laser reads beyond 
the protective layer. It's supposed to ignore micro-mountains 
(scratches) and read only the groove impressions. If the record is 
cut too loud, everything gets interpreted as bad data (which it is) 
and it sounds much worse than a needle in a groove. I also recall 
that it couldn't read any vertical component in the groove. Anything 
vertical was seen as a scratch. What makes it worse is that the 500 
KV power transmission cable leading to the preamp carries it, in all 
its perfection. I'm going to copyright, trademark and service mark 
"King Kong Kable," at least as long as the movie continues to be a success.

Rich

Rich Wood
Rich Wood Multimedia
Phone: 413-303-9084
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