Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uwmcsd1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!uwmcsd1!shop From: shop@uwmcsd1.UUCP (Electronics Shop) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Tuner Leakage Problem... Message-ID: <581@uwmcsd1.UUCP> Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 13:03:22 EST Article-I.D.: uwmcsd1.581 Posted: Sat Nov 2 13:03:22 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Nov-85 09:39:55 EST References: <4960004@acf4.UUCP> <276@mit-eddie.UUCP> Organization: U of Wi-Milwaukee, Computing Services Div Lines: 31 > I've been wondering about something related to playing records that bugs > the hell outta me - on some records there is a very faint "ghost" of sorts > that comes about a second or so before the real signal (eg. when listening > during the space between songs, the beginning of the ensuing song can be > heard faintly to precede the actual music by about a second). Some of the > records I have (like OMR's and other half-speed masters) are pleasingly > free of this disturbance. > > The question in my mind is this: are there any turntables around that > can handle this sort of quirk? Also, how on earth do the recording > companies get away with this sort of bad-quality production? Ack. > -- > > -Mike This is called 'print-through'. It is caused by adjacent layers of the master tape interacting magnetically. I have found it most in re-issues of older recordings. The record companies get away with it because the only copy they may have has been affected, and they want to get that recording out on the market bad enough not to recut the master tape. To prevent this in your own reel tape recordings (and to a limited extent, cassette) store a tape 'tail end out' or not rewound... rewind before listening. The packing of the tape on the reel is more even and less likely to rub while relieving stresses. Thomas Krueger -- Engineering Electronics Shop U of W - Milwaukee ihnp4!uwmcsd1!shop uwmcsd1!shop@wisc-rsch.arpa