"Michael H. Gray" <mhgray@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
I am not sure that the original statement about
an LP eventually being more 'faithful' to
the 'original sound' of the master tape is any more than a fanciful
supposition ...
Oh, it's definitely more than a fanciful supposition. Masters well-stored
over a long time can (and often do!) develop problems that a non-worn LP
will not exhibit. (It's one of the reasons that the BBC would cut 78s and
LPs of their taped materials to be used as their permanent archive instead
of tape.) The LP *will* have problems of its own, of course, but those
problems may be preferable to the print-through, high frequency loss,
distortion etc. of a tape. As with most things, it's a case-by-case sort
of thing.
unless, of course, you've exposed your masters to stray
magnetic fields ... in which case, you're not
taking good enough care of your tapes to begin with.
You would be amazed what even major labels have done... Still, even if
you are storing things properly, entropy will get ya--more so with any
frictional medium.
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Charles Lawson <clawson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Professional Audio for CD, DVD, Broadcast & Internet