Wouldn't cylinders have been better for reproduction thanplatters?
On Jan 18, 8:54�pm, Doc wrote:
I've been reading about some of the myriad complexities involved in
creating LP's, and it seems a lot of the difficulties stem from the
fact that the speed of the surface changes - i.e. slows - constantly.
Strictly from a standpoint of reproduction, wouldn't a cylinder
configuration have been more advantageous for high quality
reproduction than the platter? Or no?
Only if the vertical modulation was not used. Cylinders were made by
the Edison company, and they consisted of a series of peaks and
valleys. That doesn't work well for high frequencies because the
stylus doesn't have time to fall back into the valley before the next
peak comes along. The lateral modulation of the LP works much better
for that. Edison firmly believed in vertical modulation.
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