[78-L] HORRIBLE 78 transfers, on a major label

[Don Cox]

On 26/10/2011, David Lennick wrote:

> This station wouldn't have been inclined to do anything other than
> play the CD as it came off the shelf. I've heard some other rotten
> dubs on London but mostly on LPs..to be fair, the original 78 may date
> from wartime when not everything was FFRR and some 78s were dubbed
> from poorly recorded originals. But this was so squeezed that the
> violin sounded like a theremin at times.
> 
> I was listening on cable, and their feed is definitely not compressed.
> 
Isn't it general that transfers done by "major" companies are not as
good as those from the specialist companies?

I assume their marketing people tell them to make it sound like a modern
recording.

Regards
-- 
Don Cox
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