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RE: Transcription amplifier?

Phil, hi. The term 'transcription' is a now outdated broadcasting term that simply means 'recorded' or to be more precise 'pre-recorded'. Once upon a time the FCC required radio stations to clearly identify programs that were not live. These had to be so identified on air by FCC ruling. The term 'ET' meant Electrical Transcription. 'Transcription' is simply shorthand notation for ET. All of this predates magnetic tape recording of course. 'Transcription amplifier' may refer to the playback amp needed to drive a loudspeaker. I don't recall it used as a term for an EQ amp as such. Recording to groove requires rolling off low freqs and boosting highs. The transcription turntables I worked with had surface controls to select playback 'compensation' or playback curves in addition to speed. One could also select hill-and-dale or lateral depending on how the ET you wanted to play was cut.


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