In Reply to: Pristine Audio vs. Furtwangler Sound posted by merlinus on April 2, 2015 at 11:25:29:
I suspect you will have to evaluate each alternative individually. There are two prongs to getting good transfers of old recordings: First you have to get a clean copy and manage to play it well. Second, you have to perform appropriate processing (if needed), or more to the point, you have to make sure the processing doesn't improve one aspect of the recording at the expense of other aspects.
Beethoven
I have the Beethoven 9th from Pristine. I did not find the sound satisfactory, having harsh and unnatural EQ. Of course, it's hard to say what the original was like, so I don't know if other versions might be better. For comparison I have Beethoven 7 and 8 from the same year (1954) different orchestra. The sound is rolled off with less HF extension, but it sounds more natural and not so harsh. (This was from a CD on the Virtuoso label/ Musical Concepts.)
Bruckner
I have the Pristine Bruckner 8 from 1944. This is an amazing performance and the sound is excellent. I also have this performance on a Musical Concepts CD. This time, it's the CD that sounds a bit over bright and some problems with the original playback.
Tony Lauck
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- RE: Pristine Audio vs. Furtwangler Sound - Tony Lauck 14:21:52 04/02/15 (1)
- RE: Pristine Audio vs. Furtwangler Sound - merlinus 09:30:05 04/06/15 (0)