EggHd wrote:

Bob Smith wrote:
There is no ONE mic or mic pre to suit all
situations.

It makes you wonder how all the classic albums we hear recorded and mixed on
the same console sound so good. This only addresses the mic pre issue.

I dunno about others, but when I've gone back to listen to many of what
I consider classic albums I enjoy the music for what it is unless I put
on the engineer's hat. Then I can hear out of tune vocals here, edits
there, low mid mush on this song, upper mid fuzziness on that one, harsh
cymbals, reverbs that don't seem right to me, etc. etc. If I want to be
entertained I try hard to shut down the engineer mode and play the music
on speakers that are more hi-fi oriented. That helps to mask a lot for
me. Note that the foregoing is all my opinion, not some absolute truth
or fact. Just what I hear. YMMV.

bobs

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