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Many of us recall

...and the L100 was preferred for rock.

that the JBL 4310/4311s (with their peaky mid bass and tipped up lower treble) were widely used in mastering rock recordings. So, what do you think the result might be when you listen to such recordings on a neutral sounding speaker?

Corresponding thinness and lack of real top end! Ever heard a Led Zeppelin recording with any real bass? Nice air on the Zildjians? Parsons was likely using something else with DSOTM - or compensated.

I confess that the reason I first purchased the Zubin Mehta/LSO recording of Also Sprach Zarathustra in '73 or so was because the Advent literature referenced it as having real bass. I recently bought a William Orbit album called Toward the Unknown Region after hearing it on XM. One cut immediately put a smile on my face as I heard it for the first time. First octave bass!


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