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From: rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Analogue Masters X-ferred to CD
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Date: Sun, 25-Aug-85 01:10:50 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 25 01:10:50 1985
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Bravo, Mr. Paley, well said.
I look at it this way. Most really good masters were made on
superior equipment - like 15 or 30 ips tape. If I can get that
quality level in my home, I think it will probably be ok.
Especially now that most (well, many) ((well, some)) engineers
are beginning to get the hang of how to "cut" a digital recording
without doing something horribly wrong.
I have found "live" cassette quality to be perfectly satisfactory,
except for a bit of hiss, although even that is gone with some
of the newer formulations and good equipment.  By live, I mean
original redcordings I made myself on location. Now, the tape
masters in industry are usually better than that, although only
now can they get that level transferred to my home.  
So far, the tape mastered stuff I have is great ...only why is there
that damn bass thumping in Rheingold? Surely they could/should have
eliminated that. I haven't checked my disc copy but I'm pretty sure
it wasn't there. Somehow it must have gotten in in the remastering
process, but that doesn't make sense...

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