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> > Don't know what the "current fads and fashions of the audiophile community" means....

Fads and fashions can be difficult to spot when one is member of the group involved.

As an example, the other night I listened to the multi-disk set of the Emerson Quartet playing the Mendelssohn string quartets. This DG recording is quite well regarded.

It actually came with a short video. It was interesting to note (and they even commented on this) that 14 microphones were used. Eight "spot" mikes, two more group stereo mikes and others for hall ambiance. While the spot mikes were not directly on the instruments as one would find in pop or rock recordings, they were certainly far closer - perhaps three feet - than any position anyone outside of the musicians themselves would have been at a performance.

All of this for four players. Those 14 channels had to be mixed to create the final recording released to the public.

I think you'll find this is not uncommon for classical music these days and is a good illustration of the prevailing "fashion" in recording these days. I guess you could call it the "Kodachrome" effect where recordings are often a glossy, larger-than-life version even when their goal is capturing a live event.



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