Re: [ARSCLIST] Non-RIAA preamp

[Mwcpc6@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 9/8/2006 10:11:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
clawson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

And let's not forget capacitively coupled inputs, home receiver tone
controls, speaker crossover networks, etc. etc.  Audio's a mess by the
time it gets to the ears...  ;-)

We're all dealing in illusions shaped by personal preferences. 
Fortunately, the ear-brain combo is remarkably good at listening *through*
the tangle to tease out what is desired.
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In the past people were able to ignore many inaccuracies in analog recording, 
such as surface noise and the wow from off centered discs. It is unlikely 
that matching phase response of equalization networks was much of a priority. Try 
recording and playing a square wave on any but the most sophisticated analog 
tape recorder.

Now, however, digital recording has made most of these problems disappear and 
people are learning to hear characteristics of sound that they were unaware 
of in the past. Many now claim to be sensitive to absolute phase and phase 
inaccuracies. 

The question is, are there any analog recordings with coherent enough phase 
response to make it worth being concerned with the phase response of playback 
equalizers?  Golden ears may hear differences, but would it be any more 
accurate relative to the original source?

Mike Csontos