Arny Krueger wrote:
"Harry Lavo" wrote in message
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I think that the quality of many modern CD reissues
of recordings origionally issued on CD in the
early-mid 80s is atrocious because of the dynamic
range compression that also seems to be endemic in
modern releases these days.
The Dylan SACD hybrid box is still available at
yourmusic, sixteen discs for under $100 plus tax.
No doubt listed under "dead formats".
No, "box sets." :-) As players are available and these
SACDs exist, there's no reason someone interested in
the collection shouldn't take advantage.
So, do these recordings have their dynamics
compressed or not?
Probably no more so than the masters.
So you have no actual practical knowlege?
Of the masters? Of course not.
No silly, of the recordings. If the dynamics are
objectionably compressed then you would be able to hear
it if you had any real-world experience with the
recordings, right?
Certainly not the
modern crunchy loudness compression some of us
dislike.
There is no guarantee of that.
No, there isn't, but secondary sources lead me to
believe it.
Other sources tell an entirely different story. So now
we're down to dueling secondary sources.
Let's be clear.
OK, here's the OP's reference, again:
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...ogy+NewsNews-2
Dylan was not talking about *HIS* remastered recordings.
That's a reach, given the full text of the original article.
And for the record, they are *not* compressed.
How do you know for sure, Harry?
He was talking about the state of the pop recording scene
in general.
Maybe, maybe not.
And he wasn't just talking about
compression....he made specific reference to what todays
engineers call "grunge",
The word "grunge" does not appear in the referenced source. This is yet
another regrettable case of Harry making things up as he goes along.
sometimes deliberate and
sometimes just bad engineering or bad equipment,
Often good engineers using good equipment do this sort of thing, because a
producer or A&R person asks for it.
Hey, some people prefer vinyl, and that's just an obsolete medium with
inherent audible grunge. There's no accounting for taste or lack of it.
as opposed to the time-honored tradition of trying to
seperate instrumental lines even in a forceful dynamic.
Does this sentence even make sense?
Lavolish, anybody?
Arny, you participate in RAP and you *know* that many of
the folks there bemoan this same thing...and they *are*
recording professionals for the most part.
What I know about RAP is that many of your posts get laughed at, Harry.
Leading reason is that you don't know what you are talking about. You don't
even know the current words of art.
What is your point of arguing here?
Trolling you Harry, so you can wet yourself in public, one more time and
with feeling. ;-)
Wow, Little Arny Sunshine is back. Do you note that no one spoke ill
of you while you were not here?