[78-L] Record playing speed ^

Sam Brylawski goodlistening at gmail.com
Wed Dec 3 07:38:35 PST 2008


CDs, being just digital information, rotate at a constant linear
velocity. The 8X, etc., is a "burn speed" which can be adjusted.
People want them fast, but too fast and you risk a high rate of error.

Sam

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:22 AM, P G C <re_p_g_c at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Ok there were 80, 78, 33 1/3 then 45 and even 16 rpm (my aunt had one of these).
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> But, is there a standard spining speed on a CD? (what does it mean 1X, 2X, 16X, etc. in the CD-ROMS?)
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> On Dec 2, 2008, at 12:00 PM, 78-l-request at klickitat.78online.com wrote:
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>>  Info Request
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> Some very nice records. If you have a way to play them, I would in
> particular recommend listening to Lontano, Lontano. A wonderful
> version of this very difficult to sing work; difficult because the
> two singers are having to sing difficult intervals.
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> Malcolm Smith
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