[78-L] They're still futzing around with fake stereo

[David Lennick]

I was wrong. White Christmas still sounds like short wave, only now with 
"discreet stereo ambiance"..they used the NoNoise 1990 transfer. Don't throw 
away your 78.

On 8/19/2010 11:42 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> And it's Deutsche Grammophon doing the futzing, meine damen und herren. I just
> acquired a two-disc DG set of the Jascha Heifetz Decca recordings, knowing that
> it couldn't possibly be any worse than the disastrous NoNoise mess put out in
> 1990 by MCA Classics. And the basic sound is very good, although surprisingly
> full of rumble and disc noise from the original lacquers. But the surprise, not
> revealed till you see it in the booklet, is the words
> "These are original MONO recordings to which discreet stereo ambiance has been
> added in order to enhance the sound."
>
> Actually not that offensive, and it vanishes in mono. Looks as if they didn't
> do new transfers from the lacquers since that rumble is also audible on the LPs.
>
> dl
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