Joel Wilcox wrote:
> On 8/28/06, AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I get a kick out of high-end hifi gear. The professional studio
>> stuff is usually less expensive and more accurate. However, I
>> can say on good authority that you don't necessarily want that
>> in your own system. Why? Mastering. When a song is "Mastered",
>> it is polished and glossed up to sound right for the following
>> purposes: Radio, Album, On-Line, TV/Video, Dance. Each of these
>> receives different types of processing and eq'ing. The music is
>> mastered not for the "ideal" audio system, but for the normal
>> system in normal listening environments.
>>
>
> A friend who sold me a digital recording mixer and microphone for some
> work I do told me that most guys take the CD down to their car when
> they've recorded something to see how it sounds. I have to admit to
> ripping a master down to MP3 to see how it comes over computer
> speakers.
>
Nothing new. I acquired an LP of the great old Phil Spector "Wall of
Sound" productions. Remember how great they sounded on the car radio,
especially loud? On a good system, they sound like c***, loud or soft.
Moose
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