Vinyl Records As Fast As Possible
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2016-05-06
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941 words · ~4 min read
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so a lot of people these days know vinyl records as those giant black discs that
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their parents listen to way back before computers and those people are somewhat
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right in a cultural sense but if you scratch the surface you'll see that
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vinyl records are much more than they appear to be it was all the way back in
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1877 when Thomas Edison made the phonograph a device capable of both
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recording and playing back Sounds by etching small vibrations into wax then
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using a needle that could follow the path of the edge vibration and amplify
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it into an audible spectrum and while the photograph was considered too crude
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for practical use a decade later Edison
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refined the creation by laying the groundwork for the recording industry at
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the end of the 1880s based on the same technology the gramophone would play
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rotating 5in discs off a spring wound
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motor unfortunately these discs couldn't hold up to the sound quality of wax and
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were really only good enough for toys experiments so how did these scratchy
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little discs become the modern records we know of today well Eldridge R Johnson
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whose company later became part of RCA developed a method of etching records
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with a much greater level of detail and then later released 10 and 12in versions
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of these records these started to Edge out wax cylinders in both quality and
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more importantly for this time playback length this started a back and forth war
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between Edison and Johnson on playback time which eventually led to the
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development of plastic records these were far less fragile and quickly won
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over the wax photograph consequently leading to the development of the lp or
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longplay record many years later in the 1940s it took a long time partially
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because of the great great depression but they did allow for more than 22
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minutes of sound per side vinyl however has its disadvantages and while
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significantly more durable than wax it would still degrade very slightly with
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each playback not to mention having to wind up a record player to keep the
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freaking spring motor spinning these problems were solved soon enough
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original recordings would later be made into molds that could cast many many
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more records from them lowering the issues with record degradation and as
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time went on wind up Spring Motors were replaced logically with electric motors
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needle started converting vibrations into electrical signals using
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electromagnets and the large horn used to amplify sound was replaced with
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amplifiers and speakers these advancements brought records into a more
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modern era and helped them to survive to the present where they're still being
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produced but wait why are they still being made aren't there better digital
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media formats available that are way more convenient well while vinyl might
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not be as convenient like something like an MP3 it does have its advantages over
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digital vinyl has a sound signature that many audio files consider to be warm
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engaging and purer than the ones in zeros you find elsewhere vinyl also has
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a tendency to produce more natural less harsh sounds reducing fatigue from long
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listening sessions and even with the cost of producing a physical record
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vinyl is super cheap you can actually find many modern artists releasing
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albums on vinyl at both mainstream retailers and independent shops so if
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you're an audio Enthusiast you may want to give vinyl a chance it might just
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