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Serge Auckland wrote:
Absolutely. Which shows the lie that LP sounds 'better' than CD. It's
not even consistent over itself. It's also a design fault given that
many classical pieces have the most demanding audio at the finish -
exactly the point where vinyl is at its worst.

I've always wondered why first 78s then LPs evolved with the recording
from outside in. It must have been noticed right at the beginning that
the loudest parts of classical music are often at the end, so it would
have made no difference to the operation to have the start at the inner
grooves. The possible problem of the stylus falling off the outside of
the record could easily be solved with a locked groove, or a lip on the
outer edge. Even the even earlier cylinders had a constant velocity.

Funny how some things get done.....

Some in house BBC 33 rpm coarse groove records were indeed cut from the
inside out.

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