I think that the musical performance is indeed paramount: I like the mono recordings of the incomparable Kathleen Ferrier (some of her most spell-binding efforts didn't even have the undoubted recording mastery of Walter Legge, since she disliked the bloke & escaped from Columbia as soon as she could to sign up with Decca).
I also have a stunning recording of Dennis Brain playing Mozart's Horn Concertos accompanied by Walter Legge's Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by a relatively young Herbert von Karajan (before he became principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic & single-handedly responsible for 1/3rd of Deutsche Grammophon's classical music sales). This was also recorded in resplendent mono sound (by Walter Legge) in 1954, the year before I was born. I still have this as one of my legacy vinyl recordings, as well as a later (& superior) digital re-mastering from the antiquated analogue master tape. So I wholeheartedly agree that if the performance is sufficiently compelling one can quickly ignore any "technical" deficiencies in the recording process or the medium in which it is packaged. "Suspension of disbelief" appears to be a readily available option to the human brain. Dave :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Golden Earring's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106519 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
