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Re: [ARSCLIST] Stereo records.
Dynamic range.... What a concept !!
....I heard about that once..... :>)
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[mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George Brock-Nannestad
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 12:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Stereo records.
From: Patent Tactics, George Brock-Nannestad
Don Chichester continued:
> In a message dated 6/20/2006 11:20:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> rjhodge@xxxxxxx writes:
>
> About Compression,
>
> Does any one of this generation really know how uncompressed audio is
> supposed to sound ?
> Years ago (!) I recorded high school concerts, orchestras, choirs,
> etc. as an avocation (LPs for sale). I still have those tapes. In
spite of being of
> amateurs, they sound great! Plenty of HS gym ambience, too! BUT NO
> COMPRESSION! Of course, I had to ride gain sometimes, but very
> conservatively. Yes, I know how uncompressed audio is supposed to
sound.
----- I would say that the only source of uncompressed audio to be used
as an absolute reference is live sound, without PA, please! I have heard
small jazz combos in small rooms using PA for the saxophone and drums,
for goodness sake! Those are not my reference. The cheapest reference
all around used to be baroque music played in the performance practice
style, because they did not charge very much ticketwise. A lot of my
input 25 years ago came from that - I was poor.
----- I'll admit that for relative reference - the comparison of
recordings - uncompressed recordings are required.
----- the use of distortion for creating sound effects is obviously
legitimate. It is the use of distorted sound in retainment camps that is
reprehensible.
Kind regards,
George