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From: figmo@tymix.UUCP (Lynn Gold)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Why speed "16" exists on turntables
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Date: Wed, 26-Sep-84 18:27:44 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 26 18:27:44 1984
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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