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Re: Losses

Estimates are that half the movies made before 1950 are forever gone, largely due to stock deterioration ... some indications that the situation may be comparable in audio ... references to analog tape made after the ban on whale products being especially prone to deterioration.

DSD, just as PCM exists as data, and archival mastering and reasonable care should give us significantly extended life, and for DSD, life that includes the best the master tape has to offer.

For new recordings, well ... I am one of few who has had that direct experience ... being there when DSD recordings are being made, it is simply amazing. Imagine recording a 20 piece jazz band producing 130 dB plus at the microphones ... setting the levels, and then not touching them for the balance of the performance, because you have so much dynamic range, you don't have to worry about saturation ... and even when there is clipping, it bears absolutely NO resemblance to that horrible tearing effect you get with PCM.

If we get the best on the original recording, put on a medium that is stable enough to last ... we can worry later about how best to extract it.

For me, I think of seeing Jimmy Hendrix live in Seattle, and comparing that memory to his recordings, and I weep.

The Good Doctor.


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