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From: shop@uwmcsd1.UUCP (Electronics Shop)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Tuner Leakage Problem...
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Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 13:03:22 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov  2 13:03:22 1985
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> 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
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