maybe they should make a mini adaptor for this format 45s stylee?
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 1:03 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > You're not wrong at all Francis - you have to place it on the > turntable spindle as close to centered as you can and yes, there's > only a small usable area for the music - think it might be about 5 > mins worth - the grooves seem very tight but I was suprised by how > good it all sounded. > > You might have difficulty with a semi-automatic turntable that > switches off at the end of a side. > > Not so good for scratching and quick cuts then! > > cheers > > Jason > > On 9 June 2010 11:27, <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm a little puzzled about some of the technical details also: >> >> What size is the hole in the middle? Presumably it has to be large enough >> to accommodate the 15mm-ish spindle CD players use? Do >> you get some special adaptor for the smaller spindle on a vinyl turntable? >> >> & I make a CD to be only just larger than the "label" area on a conventional >> modern record. So either it only has a few seconds >> playing time or (more likely) it has a playable groove extending further >> toward the centre of the disc? But not all tone arms will >> move this far, some only expect to get as far as the run out groove of >> conventional vinyl and their range doesn't extend beyond >> that. >> >> Or am I being really stupid & not visualising this thing correctly? >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: 09 June 2010 1:48 >>> To: [email protected]; [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: (313) ANOTHER Mills album (and the future of Music Formats??) >>> >>> I'd like to think that the extra weight on the spinner in the CD player >>> would cause the electric motor to burn up >> slowly...especially the >>> older ones. Those CD players were designed to handle the weight of a CD, >>> not a CD/record. >>> >>> Then again the CD/DVD combos seem to work ok in their players even though >>> they are thicker. >>> ------Original Message------ >>> From: [email protected] >>> Sender: [email protected] >>> To: 313 list >>> Subject: (313) ANOTHER Mills album (and the future of Music Formats??) >>> Sent: Jun 6, 2010 6:12 AM >>> >>> Got another Mills album in - The Occurance and I've never seen >>> anything like it. >>> >>> It's a CD. But you turn it over and it's a mini-vinyl disk. With >>> music on it. That you play on a normal record player. So that's two >>> formats for the price of one - anyone ever seen anything like this >>> before? >>> >>> Wow - he's The Man From Tomorrow alright! >>> >>> I've been a bit too scared to put the CD in my computer to listen to >>> the album (it looks a wee bit thicker than a normal CD but that could >>> be an illusion) so I can't give any reports on it yet! >>> >>> cheers >>> >>> Jason >>> >>> >>> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T >> >> >
