mlsstl;682898 Wrote: > I feel like a broken record on this subject, but the "sound" of > recordings has far more to do with the intentional choices made by the > producer, recording engineer and artists than the age or choice of > equipment. > > Just like hemlines, colors, furniture styles, food trends and so on, > things go in and out of style. The only thing that prevents more > recordings from having the vintage sound you like are all the people at > the other end of the chain who want a modern sound with that "in your > face" element. > > My LP to digital transfers sound just like the LP. No harsh sounds pop > up, no compression or distortion or frequency balance change is added. > In my book, digital is not the problem. > > I'm cautiously optimistic that the "loudness wars" are beginning to > fade a bit, a least on the material I listen to. That's one thing about > all fads, sooner or later they do run their course.
Hear, hear! I too am getting cautiously optimistic that 'loudness wars' could hopefully already be behind us:) I agree with you, and my concern was not in the analog-vs-digital realm. I was more commenting on the old school production vs. new school production. In my experience, many of the old school recordings were not recorded 'hot'. The engineers were usually recording at lower volumes, which left plenty of headroom for post-production dicking around (read: manipulation). I have a hunch that many of the new school tracks have been recorded 'hot', leaving little or no headroom for post-prod manipulation. Add to that the nasty habit of mangling the signal with those horrendous compression boxes that people nowadays like to insert in-between the microphones and the recording devices, and you end up with a completely brickwalled recording. -- magiccarpetride ------------------------------------------------------------------------ magiccarpetride's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37863 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92914 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
