NYT: on modern phonograph turntables [telecom]

The technical evolution of the telephone and phonograph went hand in hand over the years as advances in electronics and acoustics developed. For many years Western Electric made commercial audio systems.

The New York Times had an article about the technology of modern phonograph turntables, which are growing in popularity. It discusses things like the "moving magnet" vs. "moving coil" cartridge and elliptical vs spherical needles.

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(The turntables mentioned still use a stylus. I thought they had developed a turnable that used a laser to read the groove, but apparently nothing more came of that.)

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Damn! I just gave mine away!

Record players held sway over home entertainment for so long that many songs were written about them. Who can forget Spirit's immortal classic "Gramaphone Man"?

We all knew how important it was to track at exactly one gram ...

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