Klarinet Archive - Posting 001173.txt from 1999/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Vinyl to CD?
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 02:28:32 -0500

At 11:26 AM 11/30/1999 -0800, Benjamin Maas wrote:
>As for the Audiophile concerns.... I am a firm believer in analog
>technologies. If you have a really great turntable, you can have a
>spectacular sound. One of my favorite recording mediums is 15 ips analog
>tape using Dolby SR. When I go into the field, I often use tube microphones
>and tube preamps... Anything to offset the harsh sound of much digital
>recording. Whether or not is is "better" than a CD, that is an argument
>that has been beaten to death and isn't worth fighting. Analog vs.
>digital....
>
78 rpm analog shellac discs RULE!!! Especially when played back on
non-digital, non-transistor, non-tube, non-filtered, non-capacitored,
steel-needled, non-electric (no distortion-producing magnetic fields)
Victrolas! :-)

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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