Guest MBarrett Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Johnnie Walker (DJ) was on BBC2 last night talking about the 60's singer Tim Rose and his record Morning Dew. He said that even before he had heard it he had a feel for how it would sound - just by looking at the vinyl. i.e. it would start relatively quietly and build to a really strong sound. Which is quite correct. His logic was that the deeper the grooves the stronger the sound that will come from the vinyl. Is this correct? Anyone aware of it before?? Anyone's eyes really that good??? MB Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 If you have a look at the playing surface of a record, if there's a quiet section in the middle of the song, the grooves are a darker colour in that section! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Haydn Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 There was a guy that held some sort of record (no pun) for reading the grooves on classical records. Its more obvious on 12" where you can see intro, mid and outro, it is possible H Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Haydn Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 This guy explains it quite well with video...... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Haydn Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Arthur B Lintgen was the guy I remember that read the classical vinyl and did a good job of naming the covered records given to him, claiming that he read the grooves and not the notes. The story is here.... https://www.skepdic.com/vinylvision.html Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Haydn Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Also in the 70's at the height of disco boom, Motown 12" were on the ball with the mixing because they would state on the label, various acts throughout the track. They would list times of intro, mid and outro which were clearly definable by the smooth gaps in the groove. Hope this helps, H Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest fleetwoodsoul Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 heard a story 20 odd year ago bout a blind man bein able to do it , probably with clasical 78s Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ady Croasdell Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 heard a story 20 odd year ago bout a blind man bein able to do it , probably with clasical 78s Deaf shurely: hic! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tony Smith Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Would they be able to "read" a record graded at VG+? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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