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From: andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers)
Newsgroups: net.audio,net.consumers
Subject: Re: Re: Turntable Controversy
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Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 17:57:04 EDT
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In article <9281@Glacier.ARPA> reid@Glacier.UUCP (Brian Reid) writes:
>Radio stations use direct-drive turntables because they can be "cued" better.
>A radio station DJ needs to be able to accomplish very tight timing. Dead
>air is bad. So the DJ puts the needle on the turntable, manually spins the
>platter until the song begins, then backs off the platter...
>	...
> In general, radio stations do not care very much about the audio quality
> of their turntables.

Nor about their cartridges; the most popular one for radio station use is a
Stanton designed principally to withstand constant back-cueing without
damaging the tip or snapping the cantilever.

>In fact, I have been around several that routinely crank up the speed of
>their turntables 5% so that the music will take less time, leaving more time
>for advertisements.

I had always heard it was to make the music sound livelier... but speaking
as one with nearly perfect pitch I find it irritating.  (Jukeboxes are also
often sped up to force the patrons to feed them more frequently.)

AW Rogers