[78-L] 78 rpm bandwidth

[David Lennick]

In fact, bass instruments are audible on Stokowski's first acousticals, but 
they couldn't be heard on playback instruments of 1917 so they were omitted 
from the orchestra for the rest of the acoustical era and into the first few 
months of electricals. I'm amazed that some of those earliest recordings, like 
Stoky's Marche Slav and the Victor Symphony Orchestra's "Petite Suite" (Bizet), 
were still in print in the mid 40s..probably kept there by the educational 
department, not by music lovers.

dl

I. Cubillo wrote:
> From: "DAVID BURNHAM" <burnhamd at rogers.com>
>> As far as acoustics are concerned they, of course, don't have the same low
> end >content as even the earliest electrical recordings but I did find years
> ago, when >playing with a parametric equalizer, I was able to exhort
> substantial bass from a >Stokowski/Philadelphia recording, I think it was
> the Prelude to Act I of Carmen.
> 
>> db
> 
> I agree with David on the acoustics... the bass is not as poor as one could
> believe. The trouble with the acoustics, roughly, is the lack of definition
> in the treble, and the peak at 1000Hz, which is sometimes a bit disturbing.
> 
> 
> Iñigo Cubillo