"Barry Mann" wrote in message
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In , on 01/06/06
at 06:37 PM, "Mr.T" MrT@home said:

Since the cartridge you use has it's trackability limits, and the
cutter lathes also have their limits, there is still a finite limit to
what you will ever get from a vinyl disk.

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Yes, as far as the signal is concerned, but if the cartridge crosses a
scratch or some dirt, there can be a large transient. Some phono
preamps take quite a while to recover from one of these transient
events.

Only the very poorly designed ones. But I'm uncertain why you are worried
about the amplifier distortion levels caused by a "scratch or some dirt".
The whole transient itself is distortion. One reason why I always hated
vinyl.

MrT.