Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site polaris.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!polaris!herbie From: herbie@polaris.UUCP (Herb Chong) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Tuner Leakage Problem... Message-ID: <246@polaris.UUCP> Date: Sun, 3-Nov-85 16:49:47 EST Article-I.D.: polaris.246 Posted: Sun Nov 3 16:49:47 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 04:12:35 EST References: <4960004@acf4.UUCP> <276@mit-eddie.UUCP> Reply-To: herbie@polaris.UUCP (Herb Chong) Organization: IBM TJ Watson RC Lines: 27 Summary: In article <276@mit-eddie.UUCP> zzz@mit-eddie.UUCP (Mike Konopik) writes: >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 is often called pre-echo and is a property of the individual record you play. the grooves are not really independent of each other and during cutting, one groove can slightly deform a previously cut groove enough to produce the pre-echo. putting grooves too close together or using inferior vinyl can cause this, though groove spacing is the primary reason. i'm sure that there will be lots of articles that will point out this to you. Herb Chong... I'm still user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble.... New net address -- VNET,BITNET,NETNORTH,EARN: HERBIE AT YKTVMH UUCP: {allegra|cbosgd|cmcl2|decvax|ihnp4|seismo}!philabs!polaris!herbie CSNET: herbie.yktvmh@ibm-sj.csnet ARPA: herbie.yktvmh.ibm-sj.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa