It's an isolated-loop Westrex transport, so wow and flutter were advertised and actually audible as 
much lower than the then-standard Ampex 300's.

As for what sort of wow and flutter to expect now, with a 60-year-old acetate-backed film? Who 
knows!

If you're talking about the playbacks that were done to make the Classic Records reissues, there 
were aspects of that playback chain that were controversial but I don't remember the details. The 
few DVD-A discs I have sound fine as far as wow and flutter. Some of the original LPs have obvious 
wow, I think it could be off-center pressings but also remember that Everest would often record a 
"cutting master" tape from their 3-2 mixdown.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Smolian" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] 35 mm again


> ...and the wow and flutter figure on the type of machine Everest used?
>
> Steve Smolian
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Jamie Howarth
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:27 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] 35 mm again
>
> That's correct. SMPTE eq.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 14, 2012, at 10:12 PM, Aaron Levinson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> That was what I recall. It was a non-standard speed by conventional audio standards.
>>
>> AA
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jun 14, 2012, at 9:49 PM, Roderic G Stephens <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> If I read and convert correctly, 18 IPS.
>>>
>>> --- On Thu, 6/14/12, Steve Smolian <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: Steve Smolian <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] 35 mm again
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Date: Thursday, June 14, 2012, 6:31 PM
>>>
>>> Tom and anyone else with the answer,
>>>
>>> At what speed were Everest's 35mm recordings made?
>>>
>>> Steve Smolian
>