[BC] Achieving good S/N

[Steve]

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Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] Achieving good S/N


> Speaking of turntables....does anyone have any experience with the EMT-930
> Turnables?
> I bought two for WRR-FM hoping to have fewer problems with rumble and
noise.
>  They also had rumble problems.  I ended up moving them to  regular
> production since they had solenoid controlled slip cueing.  We went  back
to the Cheap
> Fairchild rim Belt drive 12 inch for lower rumble on  classical music.
>
> The EMT's for classical music were on of the most expensive mistakes I
made,
>  had more rumble than our Thoren's consumer and the Fairchild
professional
> belt drive.

Hi Dave:

I'm trying to remember what we used at KSFR in '62. I remember them being
belt driven and I think they were Thoren's. Can you shoot me some of the
consumer/professional names that were popular around that time? I know Al
wouldn't have put up with rumble. With those wooden tone arms the isolation
was great. I could crank those Tanoy's up and no acoustical feedback. Darn,
I wish I still had the pictures of the studios. While on the subject of
rumble. I remember having discussions about the fact that some of the rumble
we heard was actually induced by the lathe?  Is that possible? I guess it
could be. Also, what's interesting to hear is the traffic rolling by. Many
sessions are done (as you probably know) in churches because of the great
natural acoustics. Those Italian Baroque recordings seem to have the most
traffic.(Rome does have a LOT of traffic) I have one where you can hear what
sounds like a big truck taking off from a stop light. Shifting gears and
all. So now rumble has been replaced by traffic! LOL

Steve
Steve Walker Productions