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From: newman@utcsrgv.UUCP (Ken Newman)
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Subject: Re: Why.237$.LP.players
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Date: Sat, 6-Aug-83 12:30:31 EDT
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Bill,

I got the impression from Jeff's article that by "expensive"
analog player he meant >= price of a cd player, like a complete
Linn system.

Digitally mastered or direct disk records DO NOT HAVE 90 dB
dynamic range! The articles I've read measured the best (I
think the Sheffield direct disks) at almost 60 dB, considerably
less than cd's. Groove noise kills even perfect analog records.

I don't agree that once cd's really take off that the only
analog players left will be expensive ones. I think the $200
record player will be here for eons for two reasons:

- I can't see cd players ever getting down to the $200 level
  (due to the expensive mechanical/optical parts - I concede
  that the IC technology will improve)

- The average Joe Slob (the guy who buys the tons of average
  stereo equipment) is afraid of all this technology since
  he doesn't understand it at all. He just wants to play his
  miserable scratched record collection without all the 
  chrome and high-tech.

I think it's the mid-level and a bit of the high-end stuff
that will suffer from the large-scale popularity of cd's.

You seem to attach a great deal of importance to precise
matching of phono/cable capacitance to the cartridge. I
have twiddled the phono capacitance switch on my NAD
between 100,200,320 pF and I can't hear the difference at
all. Maybe if I listened at great length there would be a
slight difference, but I think as long as its roughly close
to the recommended value you're ok. (I have a V15IV (gasp!)).

Ken Newman
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