Phil Leigh;601910 Wrote: > Can I just remind everyone that even in the pre-CD days it was normal to > run the master mix through a final stage of compression (usually at > least 3dB of level reduction+corresponding make up gain) - and on the > vinyl master (the one that had the RIAA EQ on it) a hard limiter too, > to protect the cutting head. > > There's nothing wrong with compression per se. All the great records > have LOADS of it. All the "rock" audiophile classics have it in > spades. > > You can't make a great sounding "rock" record without the judicious use > of compression at both track, sub-mix (e.g. "drums") and master mix > level. If you've ever tried, you will know exactly what I mean. > > You can ruin a rock record with excessive limiting or hard-knee > compression. > > Driving hard limiting into clipping is not good... > > The Beatles 88 mixes/masters are IMO compromised by inadequate ADC's > AND embedded jitter. The 09 mixes/masters sound substantially better to > me in every respect I can assess them by. > > Oh and the mono versions sound way better than the stereo ones :-)
Phil, can you recommend a particular album I can buy to hear this improvement? On Magical Mystery Tour, Hello Goodbye sounds better as EMI 88 to me. But I'm open to exploring this further if it's the price of one album! Darren -- darrenyeats http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A3H57URKQB8AQO/ref=cm_pdp_content_listmania/203-7606506-5721503. (Inguz bass EQ'd) SB3 -> (pre bypassed) Krell KAV-300i -> PMC AB-1 (caps bass EQ'd) Desktop -> Genius Slab SW-flat2.1 700 Sennheiser HD 25-1 II SB Touch SqueezeControl for Android ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72852 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
