Hello Is anyone making repro Concert cylinders (or blanks for home recording). Or has anyone tried to do this? I had 3 concert cylinders now I have 2 & 1 broken, so for demo purposes I thought maybe having one doesn't make one too depressed when it breaks.
thx Rob On 2/12/06, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > >From a Physicists viewpoint, the increased surface speed of the larger > diameter cylinder allows for more information to be recorded over a > longer groove > distance. The highs and harmonics which are the shortest wavelengths may > be > too close together to be distinct on the smaller standard cylinders. The > amount of sound energy contained on the surface of the larger Concert > cylinders > is also theoretically greater. However, in practicality, the gain for > the > cost in production was not justified. Had the Concert cylinders been > electrically recorded THEN you would have had something > astounding. Having heard an > electrically recorded 5" cylinder using a Model D reproducer I can attest > to > the greater range of sound frequencies produced. > > Best wishes to everyone, > > Al > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ >
