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Re: accurate with regard to?

The cutting issue is not the frequency response of the cutter head, it's the amplitude limitations at high frequencies caused by the power input needed to cut those cymbal crashes. Since the RIAA equalization significantly increases the recorded levels.

Again, on the bass end, it's not frequency response, (cartridges respond to record warps)it's the amplitude limitations of what can be recorded and tracked. While it was an extreme case, do you recall the recording of the 1812 Overture with the huge canon shots back in the late 70's? The groove spacing was opened up dramatically to fit this groove onto the LP. Very few cartridges could track it, and the few that could were all ultra-high compliance MM models. To a lesser extent, bass is generally cut back on loud passages to allow tracking with average quality equipment. This also gets into the issue of the compliance of the very expensive MC cartridges. My information is admittedly out of date, but last time I looked, most MC carts had only moderate compliance.

Jerry


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