[78-L] Where were the dubbed Caruso records made?

[David Lennick]

In fact great sound can be derived from acousticals with judicious application 
of EQ. Many of them can sound better than early electricals.

dl

On 2/28/2013 2:19 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
> Ah, I had been looking thru the thread and other print sources, and had
> not yet gotten to the film.  But although there is the possibility that
> the contrast between the sound quality of the orchestra could overwhelm
> the acoustical recording of the voice, there ARE ways that restoration
> engineers have used that DO revitalize the recordings.  Stockham's
> Soundstream is one -- but not necessarily the most successful.  I think
> that my friends Ward Marston and Mark Obet-Thorn both feel that they
> have their own ways of revitalizing the acoustical recordings.  To the
> machine collectors here, as well as to the Nimbus Nitwits, playing the
> records on acoustical machines is NOT one of them!
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
>
> From: Michael Shoshani<michael.shoshani at gmail.com>
> On 02/28/2013 12:18 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
>> From: Mike Harkin<xxm.harkin at yahoo.com>
>>> "Revitalise Caruso's voice"!!!??? Who was the khokhem at HMV or
>>> Victor who got the bright idea that [a] Caruso's voice needed any
>>> revitalising,
>>
>> Where did this quote come from? Did you make it up?
>>
>
>
> Nope. It's about 1:15 into the video. As it shows various technicians at
>
> work twisting dials and watching meters, the announcer says "Now for
> years, recording engineers have been attempting to find some way by
> which the voice of Caruso could be revitalized, and the true beauty and
> dramatic fervor brought out. And at last they have succeeded."
>
> MS
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