Re: [ARSCLIST] Sound card recommendations

[steven c <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Tom Fine" <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Finally, we all know that "professional" mastering has always run a wide
range. While you were
> working with the $40K Sony rig, smaller operations were mastering to DATs
and some of those CD's
> sold very well indeed. I'm definitely not saying there aren't clear
audible differences, just
> describing how the art is practiced in the real world.
>
Keep in mind that when assembling sound recordings intended for the public,
about 99.9% of that demographic has no particular interest in the fine
points of sound quality/accuracy...as usually demonstrated by the equipment
(and levels) at which they play the recordings!

Steven C. Barr