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From: jeff@tesla.UUCP (Jeff Frey)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Dealer story
Message-ID: <209@tesla.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 22-Sep-83 16:56:49 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 22 16:56:49 1983
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The dealer`s not SO dumb.  Meters have inertia, take time to respond to
peaks; in fact, may not get there by the time the signal`s dropped.
Therefore, meters can`t give a good indication of real peak levels.  Some
decks have meters + an LED to indicate whether some peak level has been
exceeded.  Some LED decks (e.g., my Sony TCFX66) hold the peak LED
reading for a second or two so you can see where you`ve been.  It`S
pretty useful, especially when recording CD`s.

Jeff