RE: BIG DIFF!!

Posted by Mel (A) on February 23, 2015 at 14:57:52

In Reply to: RE: BIG DIFF!! posted by John Elison on February 23, 2015 at 10:51:27:

It's not a question of whether high speed tape sounds better than vinyl. It's a question of adding another layer of sound processing, in this case introducing the sound of a tape recorder before cutting the lacquer. It is axiomatic, at least in the analog domain, that every layer of sound processing can be heard, at least by some of us.

The Reference Recordings, of course, are excellent but they sound different then the Sheffield D2Ds. It's hard to make comparisons for the recorded material was different as were the venues, very different. But the D2Ds have a (excuse me here) directness that is apparent in the quick dynamics and musical textures.

I have no doubt that the Sheffield group used a fine tape recorder. Before recording as Sheffield they recorded as Town Hall records via tape using David Wilson's recorder which made some great recordings for Wilson's label and was used later in the Moscow Sessions disks. I don't know, but I would not be surprised if they used that excellent recorder as back up for the D2D series.

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Topic - Dave Grusin-"Discovered Again" - gouldglen 05:41:43 02/22/15 (24)

BIG DIFF!! - Awe-d-o-file 09:01:19 02/23/15 (3)

RE: BIG DIFF!! - John Elison 10:51:27 02/23/15 (2)

RE: BIG DIFF!! - Mel 14:57:52 02/23/15 (0)

RE: BIG DIFF!! - Tre' 11:05:00 02/23/15 (0)

RE: Dave Grusin-"Discovered Again" - jamestavegia@gmail.com 03:36:32 02/23/15 (0)

RE: Dave Grusin-"Discovered Again" - DeeCee 12:05:05 02/22/15 (0)

Yes there is. Original sounds way better(nt) - kuma 11:17:39 02/22/15 (4)

Must sound extraordinary ... - reelsmith. 13:07:09 02/22/15 (3)

NOT direct to disc -D2D - Awe-d-o-file 08:50:12 02/23/15 (0)

I though that the Treasurey copy was pretty good... - kuma 15:47:23 02/22/15 (1)

Yep... - Awe-d-o-file 08:53:16 02/23/15 (0)

RE: Dave Grusin-"Discovered Again" - tubewade 09:54:24 02/22/15 (1)

+1 - Awe-d-o-file 09:03:14 02/23/15 (0)

RE: Dave Grusin-"Discovered Again" - geoff 06:41:01 02/22/15 (3)

RE: Dave Grusin-"Discovered Again" - Sondek 07:15:38 02/22/15 (2)

RE: Dave Grusin-"Discovered Again" - gouldglen 10:23:54 02/22/15 (1)

RE: Dave Grusin-"Discovered Again" - Sondek 14:46:58 02/22/15 (0)

RE: Dave Grusin-"Discovered Again" - Dave Pogue 05:58:22 02/22/15 (6)

Funny story... - kuma 11:23:39 02/22/15 (1)

Oh, too bad. - Dave Pogue 12:48:49 02/22/15 (0)

RE: Dave Grusin-"Discovered Again" - Mel 08:10:38 02/22/15 (2)

CD takes are different from what Dave is talking about.... - kuma 11:19:26 02/22/15 (1)

I didn't write about CD takes, whatever they are. nt - Mel 11:40:42 02/22/15 (0)

RE: Dave Grusin-"Discovered Again" - gouldglen 06:14:19 02/22/15 (0)

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