Timothy Stockman wrote: > Some of the worst examples of very popular mono discs where the > channels don't even come close to matching are the early Beatles discs. > On certain tracks, the mono tape was played back on a stereo machine > with a stereo chain all the way to the ADC. When the difference of the > channels is taken, every flaw in the master tape, folds, slices, > fingerprints, shedding oxide, etc is magnified.
You left out errors in the playback heads, preamp in the tape deck, etc. It is very bad form to play mono tapes with stereo heads. You are supposed to use mono heads. They are twice as wide. Of course, most re-issue labels care about getting your money, not sound quality. They also usually compress the hell out of the signal, see Loudness Wars. There were no loudness wars back when the Beatles, Steppenwolf, etc. were recording and releasing record albums. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
