Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site tymix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!oliveb!tymix!figmo From: figmo@tymix.UUCP (Lynn Gold) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Why speed "16" exists on turntables Message-ID: <287@tymix.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Sep-84 18:27:44 EDT Article-I.D.: tymix.287 Posted: Wed Sep 26 18:27:44 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Sep-84 06:14:52 EDT References:, <1323@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Organization: Tymshare Inc., Cupertino CA Lines: 11 According to several friends of mine from college who happen to be legally blind, "talking books" are sometimes put out on records at 16rpm, since high fidelity sound is low priority and having a greater amount of data on the record IS. These records are becoming less common due to the advent of the cassette recorder. Nowadays most "talking books" are distributed on cassettes which have four tracks for use with a special cassette player which can handle four tracks and run at slower speeds. --Lynn