cliveb wrote: > So the LP master is commonly derived from the already hypercompressed > "master master", because from an artistic viewpoint that is how it's > supposed to sound. Sad but true. That's also why modern remastered CDs > routinely sound worse than the original 1980s release - because the > level balance has been "corrected" to conform to modern standards.
All too true. Seems today's musicians and producers think the reason older music sounded great was because of use of crappy technology (as opposed to skill and creativity). "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105070 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
