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Newsgroups: net.audio
Title: Telarc and Omni-Disc - (nf)
Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1869
Posted: Thu Apr 14 23:06:41 1983
Received: Mon Apr 18 21:25:48 1983

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uicsl!keller    Apr 13 23:10:00 1983

	I purchased the Telarc Omni-Disc and was quite pleased with the
information and capabilities it provided, but what was a real eye-opener
was the quality of the records. The dynamic range, separation, noise floor,
distortion, etc were all amazingly better than any of the DG, Philips, Angel,
and even Denon discs that I have. I immediately coveted all the other Telarc
discs, and was lucky to pick up the 'Marche Slav and Other Russian Favorites'
disc on sale for $12. Phenomenal! Unfortunately the every day low low price
on Telarc is $16!
	The Omni-Disc showed my Grace 707 with F9L to track well on the
Thorens TD160BC Mk II, but I don't have the proper specs on overhang. I
started to do the calculations, but I now think that I'll call Sumiko (the
distributor) and might buy the Cart-align system. For those of you with
Omni-Disc the Grace can track about 38 seconds of the tone test and starts
to mistrack on the 3rd repetition of the 1812 cannon shots.
	I've started searching the record store for labels comparable to
Telarc and have found a few, but haven't purchased any. How about some
recommendations and comparison of cartridge/tonearm tracking via Omni-Disc?
Anyone getting these discs for less than $16?

	Shaun (...pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!keller)