Rob
I heartily agree with you. I have a mono cartridge of 1950 made
for the French ORTF, the dynamics that this gets out of early vinyl
LPs is jaw dropping. La Callas is in the room; while, with the stereo
cartridge the same recording is lifeless. I have also heard this
cartridge used with a diamond for 78 on a shellac, and it was breath
taking. Probably 78s were more often made with one take. Please do
make you next recording on 78.
Anthony
Le 19 nov. 08 à 14:00, Rob MacKillop a écrit :
I agree that MP3s are not the same quality as CDs, and add that CDs
are not the same quality as vinyl. I wish I had made an old-
fashioned LP. I suppose I still can, but it would be very expensive.
I bought a 1930s gramophone a couple of years ago to play 78s. I
was able to contrast the sound of some Benny Goodman/Charlie
Christian recordings on 78s and CDs. I can state that, in my
opinion, sound reproduction has not improved at all - it has just
got different. With the CD versions (re-mastered) I can hear every
instrument, even the bass drum, but the guitar sound is weak and
lower in the mix. On the 78s, Charlie Christian jumps out of the
speaker, right into your room - a fantastic sound - but some
instruments are lost. In this instance I prefer the 78s.
I actually WILL be recording a CD in February with the Paris-based
viol player, Jonathan Dunford - well, he asked me to - for Alpha
Recordings. I wonder if I could persuade them to make it a 78?!
Rob MacKillop
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