[78-L] Silence (no 78 hiss) on CD issues

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert M. Bratcher Jr." <bratcher at pdq.net>
> At 09:29 PM 2/4/2010, you wrote:
>>I remember a Golden Gate Quartet CD on Sony that had that same "too much
>>silence" effect.
> Then why do they kill the hiss on CD reissues of old 78 rpm
> recordings? It's silly to alter an old recording like that.......
>
Because the <deleteds> that run "record" companies assume that ALL CD buyers
want the "NO SURFACE NOISE" (supposed) advantage of CD's over analog
records...?!

Steven C. Barr