Subj : Re: When everything is digita
To   : Nightfox
From : Gamgee
Date : Sun Feb 26 2023 09:34 pm

-=> Nightfox wrote to Ogg <=-

 Ni>   Re: When everything is digita
 Ni>   By: Ogg to MRO on Sun Feb 26 2023 03:40 pm

 Og> Vinyl is optimum only if they are completely dust-free, and if
 Og> the needle is replaced every 200-300 hrs of play. Without
 Og> that, over time, the sound becomes more muddled or cloudy (not
 Og> to mention damaging to the vinyl) - perhaps that is what some
 Og> people perceive as "softer".

 Ni> Another problem with records is that there's more surface area
 Ni> toward the outer ege, which means there's less surface area for
 Ni> audio information as the needle moves toward the middle of the
 Ni> record, so the songs toward the outer edge will sound better than
 Ni> the songs toward the middle of the record.

Well...... it's really not because of "surface area".  It's due to the 
faster speed of travel of the vinyl under the stylus at the outer parts, 
which makes it easier to encode the data accurately (because you have a
longer distance for a given section of sound).  Another factor is that
the angle of the stylus arm in relation to the groove gets more
pronounced as it gets toward the inner part of the record, thereby 
introducing a form of distortion.



.... She kept saying I didn't listen to her, or something like that.
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