Day out listening
"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"ScottW2" wrote in message
Why would someone damage a newly cut lacquer by playing
it?
It was common practice back in the day, to play it before plating, to
check out the sound quality of the lacquer. Probably still being done to
this day.
NONSENSE. Master lacquers are never played!
Any professional cutting engineer will tell you that.
As Scott points out, it would be senseless to spend
time and care cutting a master lacquer only to destroy
it by playing. The acetate is extremely soft!
Where do you get this kind of nonsense from, Arny?
Please read any of the professional manuals on the
subject, BBC, Neumann, Westrex, Decca, etc etc.
One cuts a test lacquer to confirm ones calculations on
depth of cut and pitch and then plays this to check the sound
quality after carefully examining potentially problematic
spots such lateral fortissimo where two grooved might break
into each other or vertical phase where the groove depth
may become too shallow.
For a pre-production check, the second generation metal
from which the stamper is made can be played if required.
You need something like and SME 3012 arm to play them,
as they are14 inches in diameter. But, they sound wonderful.
I have a large number of them.
Iain
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