Golden Earring wrote: > I have never encountered any discs cut from inside to out, although I > agree that many orchestral composers could not resist a grand finale. > And why not? They hadn't even dreamt of the possibility of recorded > sound, they were writing for live concert audiences.
When I worked at BBC External Services (1968-71) we still had sets of 78rpm transcription discs of some long works. The records in the set were always cut alternately outside-in then inside-out. As noted elsewhere in this thread, the shorter groove length at the inside of the disc results in impaired fidelity. When playing the set, if all discs were cut outside-in, the change in quality from one side to the next was quite obvious. The transition from inner groove to inner groove followed by outer groove to outer groove (and so on through the set) eliminated this problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ftlight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5294 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106914 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
