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There was a time when digital was blamed for warts and sour milk...

...and I joined the fracas! In 1984 the first CD's really did sound like crap, the recording and mastering equipment I think took 50% of the blame and the terrible home CDP's the other 50%. There also has been a long gradual conditioning period for our ears... truth be told. Rememebr when Ry Cooder said he wanted to destroy all the CD's of "Bop Til You Drop" because the digital sound was so bad? He was right. But that was then, this in now...

Today, a complete slam of all digital sound is obviously totally inappropriate. I have always said that the real listenability of recording is about the musicianship, focus, and energy that went into making of the disc. We have to broaden that to include the disc, the file, the stream, the chip, whatever. You learn to listen through the hiss, static, pops, tics and whatever if the music is beautiful!

Hell, I was a kid BEFORE FM broadcasting became widespread. Imagine Baby Bear in the basement electronic shop listening to this monster Crosley (?) AM console radio with a 10" electromagnet-speaker, stations from New York radiating the mellow tones around 1960 or so...


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  • There was a time when digital was blamed for warts and sour milk... - mr.bear 02/9/1723:24:41 02/9/17 (0)

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