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Subject:Re: CD Production Advice From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- ROGERS -dot- WAVE -dot- CA> Date:Mon, 15 Sep 1997 07:52:43 -0800
On Mon, 15 Sep 1997 10:44:55 -0400, William E Newkirk wrote:
>they don't seem to worry about balance when they do commercial audio cd
>art..
A silk-screened label will not unbalance the disc significantly. An
off-center paper sticker, with substantially more mass, can.
>the disk is CLAMPED in place, not just set on top of a spindle like a
>phonograph record.
A wheel is firmly bolted to a car as well, but if the wheel/tire set
isn't balanced, you can get speed shakes, no? Same thing will happen
with an off-balance CD at a high enough speed.
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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