[Vintage-Audio] Stereo reproduction

[Bob]

Robert..

Realize that 4 in front is neat, but Sony and a number of
others have many hundreds of premasters made with three
tracks. They are now beginning to release them for public
consumption through SACD. Look for SACD CDs with the
multichannel notation and stuff recorded in the 50's and
60's and the front three channels are those original
unmuckedwith masters and the rear three channels are faked
and can be forgotten.

To really enjoy this you need three full range
amps/speakers. The poopoo little center speaker used in 5.1
just won't cut it. There is no subwoofer sounds (nothing
under 50 Hz is music anyway unless you have a pipe organ). I
am running 100 Watts/channel into two JBLs and an 10 inch
Advent. I use a Sony SACD/DVD/CD/etc deck, the DVP-NS500V
($179 at Best Buys) and the sound is really quite good. I
cant hear much above 10KHz anymore, but I can tell the
difference between SACD and CD..(Basic SACD specs are
10-100KHz +/- 1 dB, 130 dB dynamic range on all 6 channels.)

Bob

"Robert J. McKee" wrote:
> 
> Rip Van Winkle...(and relatives)
> 
> Creating the three-dimensional sound field from two speakers
> has been around from day one minus a few.  There are some
> excellent recordings from the fifties and sixties which
> demonstrate the art.  But then along came the idiots with
> more and more microphones and more and more channels
> and more and more processing to prohibit anything at all
> like a real live performance.
> 
> I can think of nothing worse than multi-channel recording
> with "ambience" attempting to recreate a live performance.
> Three channels were used in some recordings with the
> center channel sent to both left and right when producing
> the two-channel medium for general sale.
> 
> Listening to that three channel master recording played
> through three channels is quite nice, but one channel short
> of recordings made by a number of Crown owners.  THAT
> is spectacular having four microphones in front of the music
> source (symphony, big band, choir & organ, etc.) and the
> playback through an equal number of speaker channels
> in-line across the front of the listening area.  If never
> experienced, hearing both the original performance AND
> the four-channel recording you missed what could have
> been a musically satisfying medium.  Too bad the marketers
> went with two channels in front with "ambience" in the rear.
> 
> Another error that ranks up there with the FCC not adapting
> the Crosby FM Stereo system.
> 
> Ah, what could have been for all to enjoy.
> Bob McKee
> 
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