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RE: The 20kHz limit?

Author: Daniel
Date: 1999-08-12 21:21

paul wrote:
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There is a reason why the artists from the 1930s through the 1960s preferred a certain kind of microphone for their performances and recordings. This particular mike could pick up tones and nuances that other mikes just didn't even register.

I have several recordings of jazz bands where they used several different brands and styles of mics so that every range of frequency would be picked up. I don't know enough about all the differen multi-thousand dollar mics there have been and are... or about audio engineering in general to really discuss this topic in detail... i just wanted to state that alot of recording studios used various mics so that the analog recordings (and i'm sure it's done today too for digital) would be as close to accurate in reproduction.

As for Analog playback... the frequency range you hear is partly determined by your equipment. Most phono cartridges are designed to reproduce 10hz to 20khz or 20hz to 25/30khz... tack on a preamp, an amp, and speakers... that's alot of variables to reduce or improve the quality of sound reproduction. I can't see why people would spend $10k on a turntable, $5 on a tonearm, $7k on a cartridge, $6k on a preamp, $5k-10k on an amp.. and then another lump sum on speakers...
My Pioneer PL-510, with a $70-$80 Shure cartridge, that i paid $85 for total works just fine... sure, there's probably SOME difference in the quality of sound from those multithougsand turntables... but not much.. plus most of my records aren't mint pristine condition like audiophile with theseveral thousand dollar setups would have...

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