Longer and Better Record Playing
BETTER service to listeners is given by new pick-ups which are going into service at NZBS stations throughout the country. They will replace all of the old pick-ups, which were due for renewal. Besides giving improved fidelity generally, the new equipment will make it possible for all stations to use long-playing records. The new pick-up unit has two. detachable s heads. One is used for standard recordings and one for LPs. The pick-up is carried on a new type of arm which will avoid the risk of retracking which occurs occasionally with some recordings where the modulation or amplitude is very high. A diamond point which should last about nine months is used on the pick-up head. A feature of the pickup in line with modern needs is very light needle pressure on the disk, which greatly reduces record wear, Associated with it is an equalising amplifier to ensure that all types of recording are correctly reproduced. The complete unit, comprising pick-up, equalising amplifier and power supply is mounted on a turntable cabinet with the necessary controls conveniently to the hand of the operating technician. The amplifier units were designed by the NZBS Head Office Engineering Section.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 733, 31 July 1953, Page 8
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202Longer and Better Record Playing New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 733, 31 July 1953, Page 8
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