Re: [ARSCLIST] Stereo records.

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Uncoated aluminum discs were supposed to be less prone to warping if you cut
grooves on the other side. I have one where this was done. Talk about a waste
of time and wear and tear on your embossing stylus..

dl

Lou Judson wrote:

> So that if you turned over a stack of records on a changer it would
> scrape by and go to the next one... The few I have seen played for
> maybe 15 seconds, the pitch was so sharp!
>
> <L>
>
> Lou Judson ? Intuitive Audio
> 415-883-2689
>
> On Jun 17, 2006, at 5:53 PM, seva wrote:
>
> > at one point i heard that such a record needed to have grooves on the
> > other side for some reason or another, although i can barely imagine
> > why.  to balance the surface tension? (joke).   to give better
> > traction on the other side?  who might know about cutting vinyl like
> > this? (mr. olhsson, hello).   i do know you can cut acetates this way
> > since the acetate has a metal inner disk (i've got some single sided
> > acetates).   maybe there's some problem in the pressing if there's no
> > grooves?...