[rollei_list] Re: why I'm not digital -( just for interest)
- From: Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:13:07 -0700
At 09:44 PM 4/14/2006 -0400, Marc wrote:
Classical music is one thing, as this was recorded at least from the
early 1950's on very high-fidelity gear and almost always in stereo,
and the pressings were almost always of like quality. But popular
music, even when made with really good masters, was just puked out
on cheap 45-rpm disks with little regard for quality. The first ten
years of the Digital Revolution saw a bunch of older R&R stuff
coming out on digitally remastered CD's which blow the socks off
even the original LP's. I know.
I've got stacks of this stuff. And Geza Anda's performance of
Mozart's 21st Piano Concerto DOES sound better on the DG vinyl disk
than on the tapes or CD's made from the same master.
Marc
The one thing you can be sure of, with regard to DVD's, is that there
is a known dynamic range and granularity, no hiss, no degradation
with time (if not seriously damaged), and if you get a properly made
DDD CD it's going to be predictably good, and if it's not good, it
won't get any worse with time.
My Vette system seemed to have more dynamic range than the one in the
SL, but in the Vette, the 1812 was incredible with 200 watts in the
car. I have never succeeded in counting the cannon shots, I think
it's 11 or 13, and may even vary by conductor. I know that during a
live concert here at Mission Bay the number was closer to 11 than
13. Done with 5 cannons as I recall.
I was just cleaning out some old stuff and came across replacement
needles and cartridges, cleaning liquid, antistatic liquid and wipes,
non-static jacket liners, etc. I miss vinyl pressings very little,
if even that much :-\ .
Don Williams
La Jolla, CA
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