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From: kar@ritcv.UUCP (Kenneth A. Reek)
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Subject: Re: What does "distortion" sound like? - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 19-May-84 07:09:01 EDT
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	Come on, people, the question was, "what does distortion SOUND like",
not, "how is distortion mathematically described" or something like that!
Being an admitted audio novice, I'm interested in this answer myself.

	Bob Fishell claims that if you can hear any distortion, something must
be wrong, such as dirty or worn stylus, dirty or worn tape head, etc.  This
sounds to me like a direct frontal assault on the purists who only buy audio
equipment that needs a bigger mortgage than they have for their houses.  By
this they imply that they can hear differences in distortion that are many
orders of magnitude less than that produced, for example, by a big gob of dust
and hair glued to the stylus with Discwasher sludge.

	This group ought to be interesting for the next few weeks....

	Ken Reek, Rochester Institute of Technology
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