More Hi-Fi information

More stuff from the back of the record album:

This Mercury STEREO record has been cut with variable groove spacing and electronic groove depth control, thus producing a 2-channel disc of exceptionally wide dynamic range, reliable stylus tracking throughout the frequency range, and startling clarity and definition of instrumental timbres.

Not that there are any instrumental timbres on this album anyway...

This almost makes me want to dust off the old turntable and try to find some way to hook it up into the (new) receiver.

This Mercury STEREO record should be played according to the RIAA standard with a stereo reproducing cartridge having a stylus tip not exceeding .7 mil. For best results, be sure that your two loudspeakers and amplifiers are correctly balanced in terms of output and phase, and that the loudspeakers are placed in the room so as to provide an even "spread of sound" from one to the other.

Ah yes, so the RIAA once had a purpose other than suing their ultimate customers into the ground.

I wonder what the ratio is of people who primarily listen to music through a big stereo system with speakers that have to be "placed in the room so as to provide an even 'spread of sound' from one to the other", to people who primarily listen to music through tiny earbuds that do a crappy job of reproducing strong bass lines. (I pretty much fall into the latter category, alas.)