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On top of that, because of the way audio was recorded to vinyl, the higher frequency a sound was, there would be a disproportionate amount of wear/friction, I t

• Someone 5y ago
  The explanation for that is simple: the groove is a 1:1 copy of the sound wave, so higher frequency sounds have smaller details in the groove. Those details wear away faster than larger ones. All mechanical record players have to pick a middle ground between picking up the sound wave and keeping the record surface pristine. To prevent wear, you want the needle to exert as little pressure as possible. That calls for a large needle that’s only lightly pressed onto the record surface. Unfortunately, that is exactly what you don’t need if you want to reliably pick up the signal. To prevent the needle from jumping from peak to peak in the groove due to its inertia, you want to press it onto the disk. Also, for the needle to pick up higher frequencies, it can’t be large (it has to be able to ‘fall’ into the grooves between the tops in the signal, and those are closer together for higher-frequency signals)
  • wheels 5y ago
    > the groove is a 1:1 copy of the sound wave False. There's an EQ curve that's applied to all records that rolls off the bass, which has to be re-added by the preamp. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_equalization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_equalization