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Full Frequency Recording - what's it mean?

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Posted on March 5, 1999 at 04:36:24
Allan


 
I found a number of old lp's yesterday and one of them was a "London" label (Mantovani- the music of Irving Berlin & Rudolf Friml). there aren't any dates anywhere on the cover or the lp label itself and the only reference to the type of recording is "Full Frequency Recording". The album is in absolute new condition and sounds gorgeous - it exhibits a stereo image, depth and soundstage but without any mention of the word "stereo" - I'm wondering exactly what the ffr means. Anybody know about this? the album must have been pressed after 1950 because there's a reference to a Berlin composition written in 1950.

Thanks

 

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Re: Full Frequency Recording - what's it mean?, posted on March 5, 1999 at 07:48:47
Vinylly


 
This is an example of recording companies hype in the development of early LP's of high-fidelity. London used ffr. RCA had several terms, I have just found one album called "New Cyclophonic Miracle Sound Recordings" and then there was the "Dynagroove". If I continue to go through my old mono albums, probably Westminster, Epic, Capital, etc. all will have their own wonderful sounding term.

 

I forgot, Mercury and "Living Presence", posted on March 5, 1999 at 12:47:07
Vinylly, again


 
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Re: Full Frequency Recording - what's it mean?, posted on March 5, 1999 at 16:11:03
Oakroot


 
London was one of the first companies to record and press vinyl with a freqency response from 30Hz to 15KHz - hence the FFRR trademark. RCA's Dynagroove on the other hand is a requalizatoin of the RIAA standard by RCA engineers to add more high frequency sizzle (to attemp to compensate for the common loudspeaker of the day whose high end response began to roll off terribly at about 6KHz.

 

Didn't dynagroove come a few years later?, posted on March 8, 1999 at 10:10:19
Markw


 


 

Re: Didn't dynagroove come a few years later?, posted on March 8, 1999 at 10:13:29
Markw


 

I thought London's FFR came about in the late 50's or very early 60's. I vaguely remember RCA's dynagtove as being the big hoo-ha in the middle 60's when I picked up an Al Hirt record. Even then, it (dynagroove) was looked upon with skepticism.



 

Sorry 'bout double post. quick trigger finger, I guess, posted on March 8, 1999 at 11:10:50
Markw


 


 

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