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In Reply to: RE: I thought of a new definition for what is "vintage" posted by vinnie2 on September 24, 2014 at 02:35:13
You should be aware that stereo LPs emerge in 1959 and stereo really gets rolling in 1960 (yeah there were the earlier Cook records and rtr tapes, but stereo LP s are first mass market entry). Defining vintage as pre 60 would mean the mono era.
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Some of the best recordings I have are mono ..... and I have never been too impressed with RCA Living Stereo, even though I still own a bunch. Give me a good Capital mono recording from late 50's and I am a happy man.
Some of the modern direct to disc stereo recordings are pretty good though, so I guess I would have to extend that out to stereo gear before all the SS started showing up. Where would that get us too, mid to late 60"s?
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I love my 50's and 60's mono records, which I have many, but you can have my RCA Living Stereo and my Mercury Living Presence when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers.
Dave
Now Mercury Living Presence is a different matter entirely. They have a cleaner, brighter sound than the RCA's, and I like most of them I have.
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An audiophile company from the early days.
Did you know they would record ambient hall noise to splice in between movements of their pieces to avoid the dead silence?
During sound checks, they would set recording levels to the loudest passages and never touch them for the duration of the recording.
And they only used three mikes: center and L-R.
Interesting company that Bob Fine created.
1968 is a pivotal year. Both Mac n Marantz officially discontinue their top of the line all tube gear.
classical has well moved into stereo, but not pop or even jazz. Just look at the current hoopla bout the mono Beatles set.
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