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In Reply to: i wonder.... posted by mikel on August 1, 2007 at 16:29:33:
Well, all turntables have measurable wow & flutter. What are the specs on yours? Furthermore, all analog tape recorders have measurable wow & flutter and so do cutting lathes.
With regard to the digital recordings that I made from your turntable, they sound just fine. However, they don't necessarily sound any better than similar recordings made from my belt-drive turntable.
Therefore, I think speed stability is a bit overrated. The reason is because if speed stability is so overwhelmingly important, then digital should sound absolutely spectacular to all speed stability enthusiasts. However, I don't think this is the case.
Another reason I think that speed stability is overrated is because multiple re-recordings on analog tape machines for mastering purposes in conjunction with cutting lathe wow & flutter sometimes produces excessive wow & flutter in the final stamped vinyl products. This doesn't include the effect of off-center spindle holes, yet none of these problems can be corrected by the most perfectly speed-stable turntable in the world.
In my opinion, speed stability is important, but analog in general, and vinyl specifically, produce speed stability issues that no turntable can correct. If you want audibly perfect speed stability, you need to go digital from beginning to end.
Best regards,
John Elison
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Follow Ups
- RE: i wonder.... - John Elison 21:26:03 08/04/07 (12)
- RE: i wonder.... - cbrady 17:02:16 08/05/07 (11)
- RE: i wonder.... - John Elison 22:37:54 08/05/07 (10)
- Digital Jitter - Dave Garretson 16:56:46 08/06/07 (6)
- RE: Digital Jitter - John Elison 19:10:54 08/06/07 (5)
- RE: Digital Jitter - Dave Garretson 20:45:22 08/06/07 (4)
- RE: Digital Jitter - John Elison 05:55:27 08/07/07 (3)
- Your shootout & jitter - Dave Garretson 08:50:24 08/07/07 (2)
- RE: Your shootout & jitter - John Elison 09:50:06 08/07/07 (1)
- RE: Your shootout & jitter - Dave Garretson 11:24:29 08/07/07 (0)
- RE: i wonder.... - cbrady 07:19:48 08/06/07 (1)
- Well, I guess we'll just have to disagree.... - John Elison 08:01:21 08/06/07 (0)
- The point I'm making ................ - bornin50s 02:51:12 08/06/07 (0)