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From: ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Tuner Leakage Problem...
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Date: Sun, 3-Nov-85 01:31:06 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov  3 01:31:06 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.

This phenomenon occurs on records as well as tapes -- it's called
"pre-echo" in those circumstances.  You can circumvent it by
buying compact discs instead of LPs.  :-)