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In Reply to: RE: I bought two albums Thursday posted by Sprezza Tura on January 17, 2015 at 11:07:32
"Don't worry I won't tell Small Thinker.
I think he got his panties in a bunch because I dared indict his beloved Apple in their role in the destroying audio quality."
Not to defend Abe because he is often a putz and in this thread is pretty wrong as usually... It is not just Apple. The average consumer never listened to anything close to decent quality. Maybe you are too young, but in the good old days...what do you think most people listened to 45s... and on what equipment? Ask Tony. Most people did no have anything approaching hifi, and the mass market sadly is where the $$$ is.
Hope the Pono thing works... We would benefit.
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You make a good point that many consumers never had anything near good fidelity in their homes, but many did.And going back to the era of 45's, is really not applicable here.
There was a period between 1989 and around 2002 where CDs sounded very very good, with plenty of dynamic range in the mastering and the use of the original master tapes, along with superb boutique mastering from Mobile Fidelity and DCC, and great labels like Telarc.
Along comes Apple and flips over the apple cart, er, so to speak.
It is certainly NOT all Apple's fault, It takes two to tango, and consumers were convinced by shrewd marketing, and finally musicians caved in too.
I appreciate you saying that regardless of whether you give a damn about Pono or not, ultimately all of us will benefit...more selection, competition, and new remasterings done with care. Where is the downside?
Edits: 01/18/15
"There was a period between 1989 and around 2002 where CDs sounded very very good, with plenty of dynamic range in the mastering and the use of the original master tapes, along with superb boutique mastering from Mobile Fidelity and DCC, and great labels like Telarc."
True, lots of very good stuff... Some people did actually care and and mastered properly.
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