Re: [ARSCLIST] "All hail the analogue revolution..."

[Don Cox <doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 26/09/06, steven c wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Karl Miller" <lyaa071@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> When listening on a properly adjusted acoustic machine, I find an
>> almost "unearthly" realism in the quality of the sound of a well done
>> acoustic recording...within the context of its limited frequency and
>> dynamic range...once I can tune out the surface noise. True, each
>> reproducer and horn will add coloration to the sound, but I still do
>> find it remarkable. Is it hi-fi...well, I guess that within the range
>> of what it could do, the fidelity was quite remarkable...at least to
>> these ears.
>> 
> Well...consider what the early listeners must have thought! When the
> first practical "talking machines" appeared in the early 1890's, that
> was the first time it had ever been possible to "catch and save"
> sound! Before that point, a musical performer played or sang...and
> once the last sound had died away, the performance was lost
> permanently, as though it had never occured...

The comparison when the first acoustic recordings appeared would be with
sheet music.

Even the most primitive recording is a big advance on sheet music, at
least for listeners.

Regards
-- 
Don Cox
doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx