[geoff]

On 15/02/2016 5:30 PM, JackA wrote:
On Sunday, February 14, 2016 at 11:16:46 PM UTC-5,
wrote:
JackA wrote: "Very true, it's who's behind the keyboard that does
make a difference. And, yes, you maybe be able to come close with
analog electronics, but it would cost a small fortune. In the late
80's, people blindly put contents on CD. After, when they heard
something, they jumped for joy, yelling, "Houston, we have noise!"
"


Come on, for Chrissake!

Those initial CDs didn't sound THAT awful! Sure, Vinyl master
tapes(with the bottom rolled off to varying degrees) might have
been the source, but seriously, we're not talking Edison cylinders
here.

Many sounded (and sound) fantastic.


No, they weren't that awful, but a far cry competing with vinyl. At
least I found on my own, it more or less had to do with a couple
different Sony PCM machines. It seems most were concerned about
distortion, and used conservative settings of those machines.

No.


But, then there's an issue with bass and/or equalization. Seems most
didn't have tools to do any correcting. I have to agree with Scott's
phrase, "tape jockies", about all the were. No "real" engineers, just
average Joes.

Of course adequate tools existed - none of it is rocket-surgery ! The
problem was the rush to simply get stuff out asap.

geoff