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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 02:21:49 GMT, "Margaret von Busenhalter-Butt"
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 01:21:24 GMT, "Margaret von Busenhalter-Butt"
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As a designer of the highest quality of sax mouthpieces(I am the
acoustician and manufacturing engineer , my partner the mechanical
engineer) it appals me that CDs are eqd so badly. SO much so that
Digital is given the bad rap and not the incompetent mastering
engineers . These engineers have been listening to recorded music for
so long they haven't a clue as to what instruments realy sound like.
I offer mp3s of the week of rare classical records and concerts
remastered by me in sound that does not have the juiced mids and highs
of lps and CDs.
In response to my equipment
Fisher 500C
Bozak Rhapsodys(I don't have the large room needed for my Symphonies
at this time)
a member of the rec.music.classical.recording group said
1) Fisher never made a good receiver
2) Bozaks are antequated
This person is Tom Deacon the executive producer of the entire Great
Pianists of the century set from Phillips(They licensed from
everybody)
I am not sure whether CDs sound the way they do to please the masses
or because of incompetence. With statements like the above I lean
toward incompetence. How else could Bill Inglot become tops in his
field His R n R stuff is abominable but did you hear his Jazz for
Atlantic. Giant Steps of mids and highs. Not Trane
Opinions please
Hi Jeffrey,
Now you've done it! I never thought it possible but I've got to more or
less
agree with Krueger. Pthhhhhttt! Now that that's out of the way, here's
what
I think about your recordings. I think that you're pulling our
collective
leg here. I think you purposely screwed up the eq to see how many
lemmings
would jump on your wagon. Seriously. I really don't want to insult you
but... there you go.
Just in case you are serious let me elaborate a little. Played the files
on
my laptop feeding the digital output to a Grace 901 DAC/amp that was
driving
Sennheiser HD 600 and Grado RS-1 headphones. I also listened through
Genelec
S30D monitors in "midfield" configuration and through a pair of
Avantgarde
Trio horn speakers driven by Nagra tube amps in a room that was more or
less
designed around the speakers. So I think it is fair to say that the
setups
varied enough to give your mixes a fair chance. However, my impressions
were
overwhelmingly similar regardless of the setup I used.
* Overwhelming and ill-defined, boomy mid-bass
* No deep bass whatsoever
* I've probably never heard strings honk as bad (DSP'd SWL doesn't
count!)
* No highs whatsoever - actually not unlike Bose 901's
* Unrefined and screechy upper mids
* Actually sounded best through a large portable radio that I tried for
kicks (Grundig Satellit 650)
* It absolutely amazes me that someone can mix this kind of a boomy and
muddy soup with the DT990's as these phones have characteristically
exaggerated midbass and unrefined highs. I would expect someone to
compensate for those traits, not to build on them. (I owned DT990's for
a
couple of years before I switched to Sennheisers).
* Perhaps the most telling conclusion was that when I converter the
signal
to FM in order to check it out with the Sat 650, absolutely nothing was
missing. Did you perhaps do this as a portable radio mix 'cause it
wasn't
half bad as such (the midrange honk aside)
I'm sorry if I offended you but your comment on the B&W 802's alone
tells
me
that something's wrong here. They CAN sound bad if the room is not up to
snuff, if they are not set up properly or if they are not fed with very
high
powered SS amps. And they will sound bad regardless if they are fed a
bad
source material. Don't own them but hear them frequently.
I don't know about your equipmeent specifically but I use a rebuilt
Fisher
800C in my shack to amplify the signal from various radios. It is very
mellow sounding and does a good job dealing with the various digital
gremlins put out by modern DSP receivers. But I'll try it one of these
days
with my Avantgardes out of curiosity.
I haven't heard the Bozaks but given their age, if they were anywhere
near
as good as the 802's, Bozak would now have a monopoly in high fidelity
loudspeakers! However, if they sound better to YOU than the B&W's or
Dunlavy's then it is perfectly OK with me. In any case don't try to
drive
the 802's with the Fisher 'cause it'll blow.
As far as my idea of a good classical recording goes, try just about
anything by Ondine or Reference Recordings. I also often demo my
Avantgardes
with the Phillips Misa Criolla disc with Carreras.
Thanks for the cool post.
Cheers,
Margaret
How can you judge my work without hearing the source.
Having a digital and vinyl library of 4000-5000 recordings, I'm betting on
the fact that it cannot get worse than your butchered mix.
And what are your qualifications.
Unlike you, I own a few systems that ARE HIGH FIDELITY.
BTW the B & W 802s are Musical ****.
I'm sure they sound bad if fed that cluster**** mix of yours. But it is
not
B&W's that are ****, your "work" is!
Abbedd
Why don't you stick that horn up your ass for a while and chill out. It is
not my fault you embarrassed yourself. You asked for opinions, and you're
getting them.
Opinions form pompous putzes like you. You did not even hear the
original and you are judgeing by an MP3. You own records. I design
instruments that get recorded.
I sell to NASA so that makes me an astronaut. I see. Gotta update my CV.
Speaking of pompous...
B & W 802s are a joke.
No baby, the joke is on you both professionally and intellectually. Luckily
for you, you're so handsome ;-)
I think you're just ****ed 'cause you cannot afford the B&W's or any other
decent gear...
Cheers,
Margaret