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In Reply to: RE: I go back over 50 years too posted by Jonesy on April 29, 2024 at 03:28:10:
Jonsey: "Removing these distortions now in modern equipment, though accurate, no longer replicates what the recording engineer heard through speakers/headphones at that time. Even to the point of sounding unpleasant. Perhaps this is one of the aspects contributing to the criticism of low THD by some."
It's certainly true that recording/mastering engineers of yesteryear used less perfect equipment than is available today. But I whether modern equipment reproduces what those engineers heard -- i.e. recorded -- any less well the the playback equipment of yesteryear.
When listening to what they recorded the imperfections their playback equipment would, presumably, have been compensated for in the eventual recording. The imperfections of the record buyer's equipment would "layer on" more distortion -- and this might or might not be any where close to the record producer's.
One thing's for sure and that is that more accurate playback equipment will more accurately reproduce what is actually on the recording. That's my personal, basic definition of "accuracy".
I'll concede that I personally find more contemporary recordings to sound better, in general, than the older ones for whatever reason.
Dmitri Shostakovich
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