NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/rec/music/classica/19274

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From: [e-mail] (Jack Campin)
Newsgroups: rec.music.classical,rec.audio
Subject: Re: Recorded using B&W speakers
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Date: 23 Dec 92 13:57:08 GMT
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[e-mail] (Gabe M Wiener) wrote:
> The advantage of using B&W speakers (or another fine brand) for monitoring
> is that you bring out all the flaws in your recording right then and there.
> Recordings monitored and judged through transducers of less-than-ideal
> quality often have flaws that are audible through high-end audiophile grade
> systems.  Many feel that these problems can be avoided by monitoring on
> such a system in the first place.

Somewhere I read that recording companies in the 60s took the exactly
opposite approach when mixing-down pop tracks: the last stage in the chain
was the sort of speaker you'd find in a cheap trannie on the beach.  Since
that was where their product was aimed, that was what they balanced it for.

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