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David Nebenzahl wrote:
On 1/22/2010 6:47 AM Albie spake thus:

As to the wag who derides playing classical music with MP3 files, he
should avoid paper, pen and ink as they say. It is well-established
by now that the vast majority of mortals can discern no difference
when the sources have been well-recorded. When differences were
statistically proved, the few golden-eared listeners (like the VP of
A&R at DG) preferred the MP3 sound to the CD!! 8-) I understand that
many heavyweights in the field of psychology were involved when MP3
was developed and tested. It is nothing to deprecate.

Oh, and I can't remember who it was, but some world-class conductor
did place his violin section on the right. 8-) Try Googling for it.
I learned this from an ancient "Classic CD" magazine, (no longer in
print... like the rag reporting the famous MP3 lab test, supra).

Dunno about violins on the right (don't doubt it, just have never heard
of that), but I do know that George Szell (Cleveland Orch.) swapped the
violas and celli, putting the violas on the outside right. (There's a
picture showing this on the cover of an ablum I have of his.) No doubt
there have been other unconventional seating arrangements used over the
years.


Nothing unconventional about that -- it's the difference between
"American" and "European" seating.