Klarinet Archive - Posting 000797.txt from 1997/11

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Recording the Clarinet
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 18:38:59 -0500

On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Jerry Korten wrote:
> Is there an
> inherent distortion in records that make things sound more life like (or is
> this an unconscious bias to analog so that I can complicate my life by
> having to deal with cleaning records and otherwise make my life miserable)?
>
> Believe me I would much prefer to deal with CD's than records, its just
> that I can't get the same sound out of them.
>
> Does nobody else on Klarinet find this to be the case?

I have some of the "early" cd's - early 1980's, that do not sound as good
as the lp's. I have some pretty fine equipment, so I do not think there
is a bias there. However, the cd's I have purchased within the past 10
years are much better than any analog recording on LP......I even have
some classic rock that sounds better converted to CD than albums.....and
they are duplicates of the same analog masters.

Some of my 10", 2 Track recordings at 15 and 30 IPS sound better than some
of the CD's........but they are few......

Just a few thoughts....

Roger Garrett
IWU