Re: Kate's LaserDiscs

[alec baker <alec@wessex.demon.co.uk>]

In article: <davidh>  davidh@harlequin.co.uk (David Hembrow) writes:
 
> I have a copy of this, and the sound is fine. Definitely no hiss
> audible at all, apart from the sound of the master tapes of a few
> of the tracks.
> I have listened to the internal DACs of my player and and external
> DAC box, all through my Quad Electrostatic speakers. Never any hiss.

Well, I'm sticking to my guns on this one. Admittedly my LD player 
(an old Pioneer 1450) does have a very bright sound, much brighter 
than my CD player, and my speakers have metal dome tweeters, both 
of which factors may be exacerbating the problem, but all the same
the hiss is there. It is actually the hiss on the master tapes of the
songs that I meant - it fades out between the songs.  

> I have had a problem with this disc though, I am on my third copy
> and this, like the previous ones is slightly warped ( I have watched
> it spinning around with the lid off my LD player ). The end of
> side 1 suffers from serious crosstalk and breaking up of the sound
> ( but not hiss ). Side 2 is perfect all the way through.
> I have the service manual and am intending to make sure the tracking
> of my laserdisc player is perfect before returning the disc again.

It does sound as though your player may have a problem. My first 
LaserVision player, one of the old Philips top-loaders, had problems
playing warped discs, but neither of the digital machines I've had 
since have ever had any trouble, even when playing discs that the 
Philips player couldn't.

> When Wuthering Heights is playing she does a remarkably
> credible job of copying Kate.

I hope you keep the grilles on your Quads while this is going on.
There could be nasty consequences for speakers and child if not :->.
 
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