joe@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
IIRC the PB worked best with a stereo input to better define noise
and make the choice of switching between groove sides. Better to
sum the channels post-PB.
The PackBurn works ONLY with a stereo input, at least for the switcher
circuit. There were three sections in it, and the first was the
switcher. It listened to the two groove walls and decided which one
was the quietest at any point in the record. If it did not have a
stereo source, how could it tell???????????? And how could it give one
or the other walls separately??? The original model gave an output of
either the left or the right. The "Centennial Model" numbered 1977 and
issued in 1977 added a feature that would give the sum of the two
channels when both walls were equally quiet.
The second section was the blanker which was a mono impulse noise
eliminator, and this is pretty much what most other noise-reduction
systems in use are. If all that was available was a mono source, this
still would work. The third section was the dynamic noise filter
which we discussed yesterday. This raised and lowered the top
frequency of the low-pass filter to allow more highs when the louder
musical content would mask the surface noise, but then reduced the top
frequency when the program content was quiet and would otherwise allow
the surface noise to be heard. I HATED this filter, but as I mentioned
yesterday, Dick Burns LOVED it. Of course any of these three sections
could be switched in or out of the audio path. Mike Biel
mbiel@xxxxxxxxx
John Eberle wrote:
Playing 78s through an RIAA preamp basically rolls off the highs
and boosts the lows dramatically altering the frequency response
from what it should be . The RIAA pre-emphasis eq curve is applied
during the disc cutting stage of 45 and LP record mastering . 78
RPM records were not cut with RIAA pre-emphasis ; but rather were
cut mostly flat with perhaps some low end roll of to control the
size of the bass groove excursions .
A simple and cheap way to playback 78 RPM records is to connect
the turntable or tone arm audio out to the HI-Z microphone inputs
available
on many preamps . This will give the flat response desired for 78s
and a little low boost will bring the lows back in to proper
perspective . Also , most cartridges in current use for playing
78s are actually stereo and of course 78s are mono . It is
totally weird to hear a 78 RPM disc being played with stereo
clicks and pops . The cartridge can be wired in the headshell to
reproduce lateral mono modulation only . This makes the record
noise a lot less and less need for the Packburn or any other
analog or digital transient noise reduction and better over all
quality . If anyone would like an mp3 of one of my commercial 78s
reproduced in this manner , just contact me off list and I will
email it to you .
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