XPost: rec.music.gdead, sci.electronics.design   
   From: TheWholePlanetIsMine@hereandnow.org   
      
   On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 07:25:01 -0500, "Arny Krueger"    
   wrote:   
      
   >"MadManMoon"  wrote in   
   >message news:hskom6he8o42cm0mpsvruh8b97hlhboha2@4ax.com   
   >   
   >> On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:36:47 -0700, Edwin Hurwitz   
   >>  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> That's because in vinyl land they are trying to maximize   
   >>> the dynamic range in the face of the limitations of the   
   >>> medium,   
   >>   
   >>  The slew rate (speed) of the cutting lathe's tool head,   
   >> and the limits of the playback stylus' ability to read a   
   >> given peak.  What is the window of operation that Vinyl   
   >> enjoys?   
   >   
   >If memory serves, vinyl's dynamic range starts falling pretty rapidly above   
   >about 8 KHz.   
   >   
   >While CD-4 recordings were made with 30+ KHz carriers on them, those signals   
   >were cut at very low levels. Playing them tends to erase them after a few   
   >playings, even with the best cartridges and stylii.  People I know who have   
   >experimented with CD4 tell me that about 10 playings is it.   
   >   
      
    I wonder what format the audio tracks on a Laser Disc were put down as.   
      
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