[bookshare-discuss] Re: [other] Re: OT. Oldtime Radio site free for blind individuals
- From: "boomerdad" <boomerdad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 19:14:15 -0700
I second this. A well-restored show sounds, other than the lack of stereo
sound, like it could've been recorded yesterday. The voices are that clear.
The sounds are that sharp.
I recently heard a sample of a radio serial where the music was generated
with an organ. Man, I'd forgotten how much bass those organs pumped out!
But with a first-generation restoration, you can *hear* it! And it will
actually give your woofer a chance to do something besides sleep while the
OTR plays on your stereo. It's not mind-blowing, earth-shaking bass, I
grant you, but the fact that there's any bass at all in an old-time radio
program is something I never would've believed before experiencing it for
myself. Those organs sound much less cheesey when heard in their proper
fidelity. (Not sure fidelity is the right word, but hopefully my contextual
meaning is clear.)
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From: "Tony Baechler" <bookshare@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 11:52 PM
Subject: [other] [bookshare-discuss] Re: OT. Oldtime Radio site free for
blind individuals
> Hi Larry. It's a shame that you and so many others feel this way. The
> reason why most OTR is of poor quality is because of collectors making
> hundreds of copies over the years. However, if you listen to shows in
> first generation quality or close to it, the quality is stunning. I am
> not
> talking about 50 shows on an mp3 CD, I am talking about two shows on an
> audio CD. You may think that $5 or $7 is expensive for only two shows,
> but
> it really isn't, especially for high quality. I will make you the same
> offer as Cindy. Send me your address off list and I will send you an
> audio
> CD with two really outstanding sounding shows. It's really disappointing
> to me to read that people still feel that OTR is in low quality when so
> much of it has been restored and now sounds very good to
> excellent. Admittedly, not all OTR will sound great. Collectors have
> made
> so many copies of some shows that the damage is permanent. However, many
> do sound good and will sound even better after someone restores them with
> care. I have restored shows before and it's not easy, but I certainly
> wouldn't want to throw it away with mp3 compression. Finally, you can get
> about 100 shows on a CD if you want, not just 50 or 60. You can do better
> than otrcat if you look and if you insist on mp3.
>
> At 09:01 PM 5/1/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>>He charges $5 per cd and you get 50 to 60 30-minute episodes per cd. It
>>is
>>worth $5 to me for him to categorize the programs and burn the cds. The
>>audio quality of most old radio shows isn't tht good anyway and mp3
>>recording is fine with me.
>
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