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In Reply to: I listened to it carefully with records I knew well..... posted by vinyl1 on August 13, 2005 at 19:19:55:
The ELP doesn't really recreate the way that a stylus traces the groove. Mitch Cotter did some research on this with an electron microscope perhaps 25 years ago; his results were published in (ugh) The Audio Critic . As I recall Kotter discovered that the stylus doesn't "play" the surface of the groove. Rather, the vinyl momentarily deforms around the stylus with the result that the stylus is actually tracing slightly below the surface of the vinyl. The ELP's laser on the other hand tracks the surface. Perhaps the difference in the two playback methods explains the difefrence in sound. Or maybe the ELP's electronics just aren't very good.
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- I suspect that your theory is right - Rob Doorack 08/13/0520:27:39 08/13/05 (17)
- Momentarily deforming vinyl - hukkfinn 13:48:15 08/14/05 (5)
- Re: Momentarily deforming vinyl - Peter Olofsson 15:29:14 08/14/05 (4)
- if you think it's melting, what makes you think that it cools back to the same intricate groove pattern again? - hukkfinn 20:37:44 08/14/05 (3)
- So you believe that the vinyl instantly re-freezes, but retains a higher temperature for a while after play? - hukkfinn 17:45:55 08/16/05 (0)
- Re: Because it cools back almost instantly, and..... - Peter Olofsson 06:03:42 08/15/05 (0)
- Melting of vinyl - KlausR. 23:57:22 08/14/05 (0)
- Playback distortion - KlausR. 23:11:20 08/13/05 (10)
- Re: Playback distortion - Frank Waller 07:16:12 08/14/05 (9)
- ELP - KlausR. 08:09:48 08/14/05 (8)
- A couple of questions. - Frank P 09:37:38 08/14/05 (7)
- It's not a question of preference - KlausR. 10:58:01 08/14/05 (6)
- Re: It's not a question of preference - T-Rex 05:04:40 08/15/05 (5)
- What are those unintentional distortions, please explain - KlausR. 06:25:43 08/15/05 (4)
- Re: What are those unintentional distortions, please explain - T-Rex 08:22:48 08/15/05 (3)
- Faithful to the master - KlausR. 06:37:38 08/16/05 (2)
- Re: Faithful to the master - jcarr 16:02:20 08/16/05 (1)
- Re: Faithful to the master - John Elison 12:22:30 08/17/05 (0)
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