Re: arsclist Tubes will not die

[Mike Richter <mrichter@xxxxxxx>]

At 09:50 AM 11/18/2002 +0000, Don Cox wrote:
> However, this is a very different application from transferring archive
> recordings, where what you want is accuracy rather than a punchy sound
> out of the speakers.

I fear that I am missing something of significance here.

This thread has seemed to me to be off-topic - however interesting - from 
the beginning. That is not intended to be a complaint or a plea to return 
to our "proper" domain, but it is intended to say that issues such as 
amplifier type, speaker design and listening-room acoustics are peripheral 
to archiving. They enter only with respect to the archivist's judgement on 
matters such as equalization, but even there are less than critical. The 
key issue in equalization is the judgement of the archivist/engineer. That 
judgement includes choice of reproduction equipment, but it begins and ends 
with listening skills.

It is as though we were commenting on an instrumental recital and judging 
it by the choice of instrument.: a Fender or a Gibson; a Bechstein or a 
Steinway. Yes, that does contribute to the overall effect, and yes, it does 
reflect the artist's taste, but it is peripheral to the question of how 
well the program was selected and performed.


Mike
mrichter@xxxxxxx
http://www.mrichter.com/


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