Jim Lesurf wrote:



It was an issue some UK broadcast engineers noticed IIRC. They were
aware of it because a lot of radio and TV listening was in mono.

Broadcasters were using this player?

Swap cart for horse. :-) My recollection is seeing reports that some had
considered it, but rejected it because mono listeners would get rolled away
HF when mono CDs were played into the programme.

So the correct description is that the *avoided* using it when the realised
what would happen.


** So there was no trial to see if the hypothesis was real.

FYI:

Stereo tape recorders, even good R to R ones, typically have greater channel to channel time errors than 11uS - especially when playing tapes from other machines.

Nearly all LPs were made from stereo tapes, with the same problem cut into the vinyl.


..... Phil









..... Phil