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In Reply to: need to talk long posted by rrikola@hotmail.com on June 22, 2004 at 07:49:29:
One could probably trace the 'attitude' back to The Absolute Sound of the 1970s. High-end vinyl was the apotheosis and reeltoreel (and cassette as well) was marginalized at best. I suppose the reason was the general availability of high-quality vinyl records - vinyl was a mass medium - while pre-recorded reeltoreel tapes were on the wane, often duplicated at the inferior 3.75 ips speed, and not as widely available as vinyl. Also, The Absolute Sound was more interested in playback than recording.It's always interesting to compare the RCA Living Stereo vinyl to the RCA Stereo-Orthophonic tapes of the mid-1950s. Hardly a comparison IMO - the tapes have greater range, transparency, and detail. But it's hard to pull the vinyl folks away from their TTs.
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