Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site mhb5b.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!mhuxa!mhb5b!mjs 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 Article-I.D.: mhb5b.451 Posted: Sat Jun 18 18:16:09 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jun-83 20:13:40 EDT References: <1557@utcsrgv.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 19 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. Phone: (201) 582-3199 Internet: mjs@mhb5b.uucp UUCP: {allegra,rabbit,alice,mhb5b,mhb5c}!mjs