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

[Don Cox <doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 24/09/06, Richard L. Hess wrote:

> As to the frequency response, I checked some spectrum plots in a 
> PowerPoint I sometimes give
> 
> The 1944-09-29 stereo recording of the finale from the Bruckner 8th 
> Symphony in C minor recorded by Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper 
> conducted by von Karajan shows approximately 80-8K response. A 1946 
> recording, second generation shows about 63 - 10K response, with a 
> spike at 50 Hz due to ummm...you know. This is Robert Lawrence and 
> Lawrence Tibbett in Stuttgart 1946-07-19 mono. The Crosby tapes show 
> roughly the same 63-10K response (1947-10-01). Burl Ives from the 
> same period shows 50-12k5 response.
> 
> My next example of Gaite Parisienne from 1954 shows 20-20K -- Boston 
> Pops/RCA/Fiedler.
> 
> Interesting, 1958-03-03 Eastman Wind Ensemble, Fennel recording of
> Leroy Anderson's Syncopated Clock shows 50-16K, but an excerpt from
> the 1958 London "Ring" - Entry of the Gods into Valhalla shows a good
> 20-20K. 1963 Judy Collins #3 shows 63-16K but with some energy at 20
> and 20K.

Are these measurements from the original studio tapes, or from discs?

Regards
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Don Cox
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