[Vintage-Audio] Oldies Collection Completed

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Hi All, 	
	
After a solid month of tedious work, nerve jangling stress and  dogged 
persistence, I have completed the transfer of the Billboard Top 100 from
1956-1966 from DAT (digital audio tape) to CD. A total of 44 CDS. 	
	
Originally I purchased these as reissued, but original, 45 rpm singles. I
recorded them from vinyl onto DAT. Then I sold the records back to the vender. I
backed up the DAT's and also backed them up on high quality Chromium cassette
tapes.  The later having better high frequencies than regular tape, supposedly. 

	
This turned out to be quite a project! I did not use a computer. This was done
with a Sony stand alone CDRW deck and my equipment. The results are an almost
exact copy of the original recording, with none of the garbage interjected by
the computer and its software. I am a firm believer in the quality depends on
the minimum number of steps. The less steps, the less degradation.   	
	
It is worth mentioning that perfection comes with a price. (No news there!) I
did some CDS six times to get them right. All sorts of little flukes can ruin a
track and there is no editing possible.	
	
Now I am enjoying the Oldies on a CD player feeding the H.H. Scott LK-72b. (I am
trying not to feel guilty for using modern gear with the vintage!) Coming soon,
a pair of vintage speakers.	
	
Duane W8DBF