XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 15/02/2026 9:38 am, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sat, 14 Feb 2026 14:39:26 -0000 (UTC), The Doctor wrote:   
   >   
   >> I would take physical over digital.   
   >   
   > If there is an analog format worth resurrecting, it’s tape.   
   >   
   > Vinyl remains stuck in the 1970s, but the humble cassette tape   
   > continued evolving long after that, with things like chromiun and   
   > barium oxides, metal particles, new kinds of Dolby noise reduction,   
   > and what-all.   
   >   
   > Speaking of noise reduction, remember that vinyl has this convoluted   
   > thing called the “RIAA equalization curve”. Back in the day, you had   
   > ceramic versus magnetic pickups, and one of them had to compensate for   
   > the curve, but the other did not (I forget which was which). How could   
   > you be sure either way that you were compensating for the curve   
   > exactly? You didn’t.   
   >   
   "ceramic versus magnetic pickups"?? What happened to Crystal needles??   
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   Daniel70   
      
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