"Eiron" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:

"Frank" wrote in message
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The second and the third even sound like at different pitch from the
first one ... and different overall.


I'm not aware of any problems with my deck and there is a strobe light on
it which never seems to change or need adjustment, but you can never rule
out pitch differences with turntables! (And I have been known to run a
turntable 3.3% fast for a couple of weeks, a few years ago!! ;-)

Again, it's all in the sleeve notes for the 75th anniversary edition of
'Kind of Blue',
which is where the track on Keith's SACD sampler came from.
Apparently the LP and all previous CDs were a bit fast.


Looks like it - I've recorded the SACD and LP versions again, mono'd them
both and pasted the resultant mono tracks into a stereo window (SACD over
LP) with an exact 2 seconds lead into the beginning of both tracks to lift
them clear of the frame edge:

http://www.moirac.adsl24.co.uk/showntell/SoWhatBOTH.jpg

If I've read the tricky little numbers correct, the SACD track is 9m 20.5s
long while the LP track is only 8m 55.5sec long - a difference of 25
seconds! That's not inconsiderable, is it?

No wonder the SACD version sounds 'dreary' by comparison to what I am used
to...!!