on Wednesday, January 10, 2007, mulesic@tiscali.co.uk <mulesic@tiscali.co.uk> wrote...
Sorry everyone i forgot to add some more info on checking bootlegs,another way to check is to look at the width of the grooves.When records are mastered the engineer calculates the groove width for best bass response etc on the length of the track(the wider the groove the better the quality)no two engineers would calculate the same groove width so you can also check how much space the music tales up on the disk, and how many run out grooves there are.There you go i could go on but thats it for now.
yep, it's nice when this is done, but not always - the arista promo of LTTT has "the iron horse" on one side...by itself...at 33rpm. it takes up maybe 1/3 of the side, with the longest run-out groove i've ever seen. it just keeps on going around and around, building up speed, until it hits the label and jumps off from momentum. it's the most ridiculous thing i've ever seen. -- micah stupak micah@benthic.cc www.benthic.cc benthic recordings - soundings from unexplored places oblique strategy: shut the door and listen from outside