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From: seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Digital Trojan Horse?
Message-ID: <1460@hammer.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 25-Aug-85 13:46:09 EDT
Article-I.D.: hammer.1460
Posted: Sun Aug 25 13:46:09 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 27-Aug-85 01:49:40 EDT
References: <4189@alice.UUCP> <1628@watdcsu.UUCP>
Reply-To: seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy)
Organization: The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm
Lines: 20
Keywords: pure BS
Summary: 

In article <4189@alice.UUCP> dsj@alice.UUCP (David S. Johnson) writes:

> ...  He claims that digitally
>recorded vinyl discs generate ultrasonic products not present
>in analogue discs (he claims these have been measured), which
>somehow cause micro-cracks in turntable bearings (he claims
>these have been seen under electron microscopes) which by some
>mechanism greatly increase the short-term speed irregularities
>of the turntable, especially audible on piano music.

Not to worry, the damage is easily repaired by playing an
analog record *backwards*.  The heavy vibes created by this
procedure actually melts the micro-cracks back together.
The best albums to use for this are by English rock bands
of the sixties.

Snoopy
tektronix!hammer!seifert

"I buried Paul."