At 11:56 16-09-18, Drew Kirkland wrote:
>I think maybe that's a bit harsh, I know what you mean but due to a lax
>attitude in audio we now have a dynamic free industry, apart from a couple
>of major players the whole industry is relying on compression and
>electronics rather than design and good engineering.
Actually, it's largely the minor players who are keeping the flame
alive: e.g. Pentatone, Tacet, 2L, etc, etc.
>This is the legacy of mp3 and poor quality teaching within the
industry as a whole.
Unfortunately, most of the teaching bears no relationship to "the
industry" and is done by people who have no inside experience of
professional audio at the highest levels.
>It is something that has gradually become endemic, most engineers
>under 40 have had limited access to true anolog source and playback
>equipment and very few in my experience have an lp collection where
>dynamics are an integral part of the recording.
There is no excuse for this. The equipment is available on Ebay, etc,
and LPs pressed in the 60s and 70s are available for peanuts. Almost
every week I visit one of the several second hand record shops where
I live and for 1-3 EUR per disc walk out with excellently recorded
LPs in pristine condition, the sound of which rivals (and sometimes
exceeds) the quality of CDs and hi-res files when played on my
Thorens TD124 and Sumiko cartridge. This gear did not cost an arm and
a leg to assemble. If you want to spend more, read Stereophile magazine!
David
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