The Vinylizer
On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 06:10:00 -0700, Arny Krueger wrote
(in article ):
"Scott" wrote in message
Eccentric records only introduce wow, not flutter. And
yes it is audible depending on the severity.
Yes. However another irreducable problem - the non-flatness of the vinyl
causes FM distortion with high enough frequency content to qualify as
flutter.
There there is the inherent FM distortion due to bass modulation and tone
arms that are not linear tracking.
Actually, the distortions caused by properly designed and set-up radial
tracking arms turns out to be negligible, and the advantages of linear
tracking turn out to be a tertiary effect.
But IME wiht most LPs it is not an issue and would only be noticable
to those who, for whatever reason, are very very
sensitive to that sepcific problem.
We hear this from people who favor vinyl all the time. This suggests to me
that there must be some kind of highly selective hearing disorder that
causes people to have substandard levels of sensitivity to FM distoriton.
It's not any more of a disorder than the ability of concert goers to listen
"around" sneezes and coughs and program rattling that occurs constantly
during most concerts.
I don't know of
anyone who wishes to *add* wow or flutter to the sound of
their playback though.
From the standpoint of those of us who are so sensitive to FM distortion
that we avoid LPs playback whereever possible, we tend to see those who
listen to LPs that have been reissued as good CDs as being in the category
of people who wish to *add* wow or flutter to the sound of their playback.
Then you'd be wrong. Most vinyl listeners don't listen to records that are
warped, eccentric, of full of FM distortion. I know that I don't.
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