Chronology of garage comps

[mr. splendid]

Thanks Scott ! I guess I'll do the same and pick one up next time I'm in the US . Over here they cost nearly double that much .

 

[Frantic]

It outputs 2 identical mono channels of the mixed stereo signal. However, a stereo cartridge is set up to detect both lateral (side-to-side) and vertical (up-and-down) motion, because that's the way stereo records are encoded (at 45 degree angles on opposite walls of a V-shaped groove). A mono cartridge is deliberately set up to detect only the lateral component, because mono discs only have lateral encoding. Therefore the signal level of the output generated by a mono cartridge playing a stereo disc is theoretically not optimum, resulting in a lower signal-to-electronic-noise level for the amplified output. In practical terms, it sounds reasonably ok.

A stereo cartridge playing a mono disc also results in a weaker signal to noise ratio, for a different reason. The stereo cartridge will detect dust and vinyl imperfections in the vertical plane, rendering it as noise mixed with the lateral mono signal. A mono cartridge will ignore all vertical movement, which on a mono disc is not part of the music anyway.

http://www.divshare.com/download/16267199-1f0

 

[soundog III]

let me second that! a non-esoteric (is that possible?) sound-gear thread would be great, preferably aimed at different income and knowledge levels. For example I'm so clueless about this that I wouldnt even know what happens if a stereo record is played with a mono cartridge.

Here's what playing a MINT MU Productions 45 with a mono cartridge looks like.

 

[The Raven]

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yeah, having been a junior high school kid in the late 80's, unfortunately i totally understand to how true the words of "Vic" are on the subject here, lol....so the whole concept of the notes/rant reminds me a'lot of that of the great "Ernie Douglas" penned notes from one of the 90' best comps: Shutdown 66. The title is similar too, was this one done by the same crew?

 

[The Raven]

and more

i have Nightmares In The Underworld 2, and it also opened my mind to the fact that the Canucks are pretty much equal to the Yanks in terms of garage greatness/wyldness....but also NITU was the first comp i ever remember getting where instantly upon listening i could notice how bad the sound was (mine has a non stop very quiet electronic hum throughout and is very very compressed giving it that "sought after" - lol - '2nd generation mixtape' quality), and of course theres an infamous pressing of Pebbles Vol 1 that features an actual SKIPPING copy of a 45 by either The Haunted or The Choc Watchband....

 

[The Raven]

whoops!, meant nightmares FROM the underworld