Re: [ARSCLIST] Sound--real vs. recorded--was: discography of "direct-to-disk revival"?

[phillip holmes <insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

As you state in the second article, the noise floor is surprisingly low 
on this one recording I've listened to carefully.  The whole thing is 
startling that it worked so well (noise floor, speed stability both seem 
very good).  Frequency response seemed better than the specs given by 
AEG.  They sound as full range as early American tape recordings.  Did 
you look and see how high the overtones went (and the lowest 
fundamentals present)?
Phillip
> One other item, the original concept of the Magnetophon did not have 
> the benefit of all of the later research about levels and overload 
> and, to my ears, the early engineers would sometimes overload -- 
> especially on some second-generation copies that I've transferred. It 
> didn't happen all the time, but it certainly contributed.
>
> In addition to the Engel-Hammar article I've referred to,
> http://www.richardhess.com/tape/history/Engel_Hammar--Magnetic_Tape_History.pdf 
>
>
> You might also enjoy looking at my AES paper on the transfers of the 
> first group of tapes.
> http://www.aes.org/journal/suppmat/hess_2001_7.pdf
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
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