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RE: If I'm misunderstanding your post above and those of yours below, my apologies. But.....

There are uncompressed recordings of classical music made on many record labels today, including BIS and Channel Classics. Many of the classic recordings from the early stereo age are available in uncompressed form, although many of them have a few dB of dynamic compression resulting from tape saturation.

I routinely listen to recordings of Mahler symphonies at volume levels that approximate row 20 seating in a good concert hall. There is no ear bleeding. My system has no problem with any instruments in the orchestra, except for 32 foot organ pedals. It is capable of producing clean audio at 118 dB SPL at my 1 meter listening position. There is plenty of head room for listening at realistic volume levels.

I have no interest in amplified music nor discussing the merits of recording and playing back such music. My comments apply solely to recording and playing back acoustic music and include experience in both recording and playing back this music over more than 50 years, including live orchestras.


Tony Lauck

"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar


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