John Atkinson wrote:

asked of Arny Krueger:
MINe 109 asked of Arny Krueger:
given the imperfections of recording, mastering and the cd
medium, what cds would you say do a good job of preserving
the massed string sound of an orchestra?

I'm asking for enlightenment in all sincerity without an
ulterior motive. I know less than little about electronic technology.
I'm told that cd is perfect at reproducing the digital master.
Is the digital master better at capturing the live sound than
the analogue master?

I did such a comparison when I produced the Mozart recording
reported on at http://www.stereophile.com/musicrecordings/804k622/.
We were recording the clarinet and orchestra using a DSD recorder
(for SACD release), analog tape at 15ips with Dolby-A noise reduction,
and with a 16-bit/44.1k PCM recorder to make CD-Rs for me to take
with me after the sessions.

In comparisons with the mike feed, the DSD to me was identical.
Both the PCM and analog were different from the live feed, but
listeners preferred the analog tape, particularly in the sound of
strings.


sigh blind or sighted? And what were the statistics like?

C'mon, having elsewhere on this thread opined on what good science *should be*,
you *must* know how much this matters.




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-S
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