Phil Leigh;328693 Wrote: > Bring back wire recorders and wax cylinders? aaaargh!
Now hold on a minute, there! I happen to own an Edison Standard Model B cylinder record player that I rebuilt to full functionality. If you haven't heard one you can't know how pure an experience it is! The recording process was 100% acoustic. The 100% acoustic playback is on a constant linear velocity cylinder meaning there will be no FM of the background noise as the cylinder spins. Engineering is about compromises- making things "almost as good but cheaper". ALL audio reproduction systems since the Edison cylinder have been attempts to make music playback "almost as good but cheaper". First there was the introduction of constant angular velocity discs, then they added electronics to the recording process, then to the playback process, then transistors replaced tubes, then CDs replaced discs and (ugh!) tapes and everything went digital. If you really want to be shocked, play a recording on your CD player then play the same on a cylinder player. There is NO contest, the cylinder wins hands-down. TD -- tyler_durden ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50937 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
