Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utah-gr.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!petsd!pesnta!hplabs!utah-cs!utah-gr!thomas From: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas) Newsgroups: net.audio,net.consumers Subject: Re: Re: Turntable Controversy Message-ID: <1501@utah-gr.UUCP> Date: Fri, 5-Jul-85 16:43:29 EDT Article-I.D.: utah-gr.1501 Posted: Fri Jul 5 16:43:29 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 7-Jul-85 05:47:42 EDT References: <496@leadsv.UUCP> <430@enmasse.UUCP> <9281@Glacier.ARPA> <500@grkermi.UUCP> Reply-To: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas) Distribution: net Organization: Univ of Utah CS Dept Lines: 18 Xref: watmath net.audio:5242 net.consumers:2525 Summary: In article <500@grkermi.UUCP> andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers) writes: >In article <9281@Glacier.ARPA> reid@Glacier.UUCP (Brian Reid) writes: >>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. This is also very annoying when you finally go out and buy a record, put it on your turntable, and it sounds wrong! Of course, if you have a speed control on your turntable, you can just turn it up to the correct speed again :-) -- =Spencer ({ihnp4,decvax}!utah-cs!thomas, thomas@utah-cs.ARPA) "You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live." Joan Baez