[Vintage-Audio] Re Speaker Performance

Mon Aug 19 12:41:02 2002

At the risk of raising someone's ire... even my own when I am in a =
curmudgeonly mood... there are some studio-quality compressors that have =
absolutely neutral sonic characteristics and could be set to simply gate =
the signal when it falls below a certain level. Products by manley, just =
to name one pro brand worth considering,  are legendary for their quiet =
operation and high level of sonic quality. But it would be additional =
item in the signal path. And the really good ones are not cheap. Just a =
thought.

Michael S.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 11:47 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Re Speaker Performance

I really envy your source material. I wish I could get such
recordings from some source. I wish I could insert my own
compression for listening in noisy environments or for
background music. When I sit and listen, I would appreciate
40 dB of DR.

As  side note..My Sony CDR-W33 CD burner has a feature for
automatically sensing track changes in the analog input by
detecting 2 seconds of silence. The definition of silence is
adjustable from -72 to -48 dB below MSB. I cant find very
many sources that are this quiet (-48dB) so this feature is
not of great use. Where would I ever find anything analog at
-70? What am I missing? Should I be recording with my analog
peaks at -10 dBMSB? Then the prerecorded stuff requires a
manual adjustment as it is 0dBMSB peak.

WBob

WBob

"Robert J. McKee" wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bob <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 8:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Re Speaker Performance
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> > Yep..
> >
> > New physics..I knew it.
> >
> <snip... who listens to square waves?  Bob???>
> >
> > Now consider the source. Just where do you get a source of
> > any quality? All music is clipped, mashed, processed and
> > bent to match whatever the engineers and occasional musician
> > think will sell on a boombox..Shame.
> >
> I don't have to listen to commercial garbage.  You see I have
> shelf after shelf after shelf of master tape recordings done
> with
> the best condenser microphones on the planet with the most
> direct signal path to the record electronics, never subjected
> to compression or signal distorting extras of any kind.  My
> three Crown machines receive regular attention to keep them
> at and above factory specifications.  No compromises here.
> Only the best available sound.  Tight, fast, liquid, open and
> three dimensional... like a live performance!!!
> Conclusions and selections of listening equipment made with
> anything less are just... well... Madison Avenue loves you.
> Smiling knowingly,
> Bob McKee
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