On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:55:25 +0100, Kurt Hamster
wrote:

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 20:13:33 +0000 (UTC), Stewart Pinkerton used
to say...

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 17:57:29 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...

Unless, of course, you're going to thrill us with all those developments
that have been going on unseen in valves and vinyl technology that somehow
makes it better than when it was the norm?

Nope. If it suits you to believe audio performance and reproduction has gone
anywhere other than downhill in the last 50 years, that's perfectly fine by
me...

Thanks for proving beyond all doubt that you're a complete asshole.
BTW, there were no stereo LPs in 1954.

******** as usual, don't let the truth get in the way of you making a
point...

"One of the earliest stereo recordings was done in 1932 in Philadelphia
for Bell Labs. The recording by Stokowski of Scriabin’s “Poem of Fire.”
It was done on a vinyl disc using two grooves, one for each channel. Two
years later stereo recordings were being done at Abbey Road studios
using a vertical-lateral technique. Decca records released the first
stereo records in 1945 using the vertical-lateral system. They could not
be played well by the current playback systems. “The Robe”, in 1953 was
the first movie to be released in Cinemascope with a stereo (actually 4
channel) soundtrack. There were more than 30 other stereo films released
that year. "

http://www.rogernichols.com/EQ/EQ_2001_07.html

******** yourself, half-truths and deceptions as always.

At least you had the honesty to post the link to the original article,
rather than just your 'edited highlight'. Anyone who reads the whole
article is immediately aware that it wasn't until 1958 that the RIAA
standardised on the 45/45 system. However, I admit that I got it wrong
regarding the first stereo LPs actually produced, which was in 1945,
not 1955 as I had thought. OTOH, they were the 'hill and dale' Decca
style which sank without trace due to incompatibility both with mono
records and with playback equipment, and the article also notes that
the first *commercially available* stereo recordings were made in 1954
- and they were open-reel tapes, not LPs. The first stereo LPs you
could actually buy, came out in 1955.

Those of an enquiring nature will note that the Decca cartridge to
this day uses a lateral/vertical generator design, not the otherwise
universal 45/45.
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering