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- From: ttak@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Tim Takahashi)
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- Subject: Re: Best news about LPs...
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.013058.21826@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 01:30:58 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul28.151852.6016@muddcs.claremont.edu> jstimson@jarthur.claremont.edu (John Stimson) writes:
- >In article <5=mm=2#.vlad@netcom.com> vlad@netcom.com (Vladimir Kuznetsov)
- >writes:
-
- >>And it is not the first time in history. In a past, they replaced
- >>superb sound of 78 RPM's for definitely inferior sound of LP's. Then
- >>they invented "stereo" that was no more then a marketing gimmic,
- >>just to extort more money from us. Now it is CD.
-
- >Huh. If you think stereo was an "inferior medium" then it's no wonder
- >you don't like CDs! Too much accuracy for you, I guess...
-
- Of course the original author may have been making a tounge-in-cheek comment,
- then again he might not. In any case, he is largely correct. At the time
- of the 78/45/LP the old technology of 3-5 minute direct-to-disk uncompressed
- recording was repaced by magnetic tape. To this day, magnetic tape mastering
- is considered to be inferior to direct-to-disk.
-
- I have many 78 rpm disks that are astoundingly life-like in precense
- despite having slightly more surface noise (much less than you'd think)
- than a good LP and a restricted frequency response. How many years did
- it take for the LP to surpass 78rpm sonics? 5-10 years it seems. And
- then they gave us stereo and a host of other problems, record wear -
- inner groove distortion, etc. yet the old mono records recorded with
- a single microphone were soon superseeded by mixdowns from stereo masters.
- Stereo FM is a kludge and disaster compared to mono FM. Fm was supposed
- to be staticless - cheap stereo FM sure isn't.
-
- Digital recording has its pro and con as well. Early digital recordings
- are harsh. How many years did it take for things to get better? 10?
- How many digitally remastered analog LP's were issured before the final
- demise of the LP? the worst of both worlds, IMHO?
-
- The CD is technically better than the 78. But artistically, it isn't
- as revolutionary as you'd suggest? Have you listened?
-
- tim
-