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From: mjs@mhb5b.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: CD.sound (flame)
Message-ID: <451@mhb5b.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 18-Jun-83 18:16:09 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun 18 18:16:09 1983
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My only comment on the quality of CD sound is that it is exactly what
comes off the *ANALOG* master tape.  This may be recorded digitally on
a PCM tape deck, or directly to the CD master.  In either case, the
best sound you can get is simply an accurate reproduction of the analog
master!  If the master tape has wow or flutter or rumble or any other
defect, it will nonetheless be recorded accurately onto the CD!  I have
several **LOUSY** CDs.  Among them is the 1812 (with Marche Slave and
Wellington's Victory) conducted by Maazel with the Vienna
Philharmonic.  There is a gross amount of *NOISE* on the master tape!
There is no excuse for actually recording this trash on a CD!  Hell, I
wouldn't buy a vinyl record that sounded this bad!  By the way, just so
you all know just who the perpetrator is, it's (claimed to be) a CBS
Masterworks Digital recording.
-- 

		Martin Shannon, Jr.
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