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"Not even close to the original master tapes"

And yet. . . paradoxically. . . the HDTT offerings CAN sound better than the remasters from companies which do own the master tapes (or master 35mm magnetic films). Tapes can deteriorate over time, and perhaps the HDTT source tapes were stored in a way which, over the decades, produced less deterioration.

This is one case where I'm in the "listening is believing" camp, despite whatever theoretical arguments there are in favor of recordings produced from the actual masters.

Or there are cases where the actual masters have been lost - such as the Skrowaczewski/Minneapolis recording of Schubert's Great C-major Symphony, and even Wilma's remastering of it in the 90's was produced from a backup tape - not the 35mm film master. OTOH, the commercial open reel tapes from the 60's (used by HDTT as sources for their reissues) were produced from those very 35mm film masters, even though they may have been a generation or two removed. I contend that the HDTT issue of this recording has that 35mm magnetic film "magic" (liquidity, air, etc.) which I don't hear even in Wilma's remastering.


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