"Nousaine" wrote in message
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"Harry Lavo" wrote:

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And there is no question that the '70's "sound" for pop/rock has not been
s
urpassed, digital or no.

IMO that's a pretty low hurdle. I have acquired a full set of Tony
Brown/Terry
Garthwaite recordings dubned from lp to cd-r. I had actually forgotten how
awful some of those lp productions were.

LIkewise the SACD/CD of Dark Side of the Moon was a huge disappointment on
either format. Many of those old recordings weren't all that great. I
think
that much of the trouble was masked by the extant media.


I'm not referring to the issued LP's per se; I'm talking about what is on
the master tapes. Want to know what I mean. Come on over and listen to a
pre-recorded open-reel of Janis Joplin's Pearl. Or Loggins and Messina's
Sittin In.

And BTW, on my five full range Thiel surround system, the Dark Side of the
Moon SACD sounds spectacular in surround sound. I don't own the CD, so
can't comment. Ditto for the Police's Every Breath You Take.