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In Reply to: RE: Has the industry lost its ability to creat or discover new art or is it all product? posted by astralnavigator on October 30, 2009 at 13:57:39
No arguement there. Far too many agendas on that site. Don't go there too much. I don't believe that originals are always better. Sometimes they are and sometimes they are not. Hoffman has certainly had his share of barking dogs. I've got a few of his stinkers!
Certainly there were limitations placed on the work done in the 60s based on the available technology in the studio, mastering labs and home playback that limited the possibility for these records. Some of this cannot be overcome no matter what is done short of going back to the original work parts and starting from scratch something that will never happen.
Perhaps the new digital masters are better. Dramatically better? Not from what I have read. Seems more like just a difference in tastes versus the 60s. More bass, more compression, etc. At the end of the day we are still listening to the same basic master that we have always had. I think I will stick with original Parlaphones and Hor-Zu.
Seems like the only thing the new releases demonstrate is how much better digital mastering has gotten in the last 20 years. But I think we already knew this.
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