> -----Original Message-----
> From seva:
> one issue may be that when we look at a pre-emp curve, it looks like
> there's no bass and loads of treble. curious if anyone knows what the
> actual *energy* measurements are, and wondering if they are in fact,
> relatively equal across the spectrum (since music is not).

With cutting systems we definitely ran into overload from high frequencies
more than low although the motional feedback controlling the cutter
resonance (around 1k, if I remember correctly) would have been a factor in
addition to actual program material energy.

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