In Reply to: The stock audiophile true-believer response to your second plot... posted by Steve O on April 22, 2014 at 11:28:23:
So then it becomes, the playback tape deck and the ADC used in remastering were not good enough.
Whereas in truth, the gear at the session in 1956 was probably, RCA ribbon mics, a three-channel mixer derived from radio broadcast gear, a very early mono tape recorder, and tape stock from before the tape-formulation revolution of the mid-1960s.
A cynical friend says, that recording sounds so good because it does not excite the resonances usually found in dome and inverted-dome tweeters.
An inexpensive DAW program (I have a Mac so I can use the Mac-only package Amadeus Pro) can be a great educational tool.
JM
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Follow Ups
- That's not an in-room/microphone plot. It is the pure digital data on a DAW. - John Marks 11:44:08 04/22/14 (7)
- Why hide the actual dynamic range you are displaying? - Jon Risch 21:20:46 04/22/14 (1)
- I was confusing "With Strings" 1955 with Brown's death date 1956. - John Marks 07:28:58 04/23/14 (0)
- I assumed that... - Steve O 13:01:41 04/22/14 (4)
- Real things matter, theories usually don't - John Marks 08:31:31 04/23/14 (3)
- Disagree...in the consumer market perception IS reality... - Steve O 12:02:42 04/23/14 (2)
- IIRC, the DAC used was a Benchmark... - rlw 09:04:07 04/24/14 (1)
- No kidding... - Steve O 10:16:24 04/24/14 (0)