[78-L] Problem with very high energy incorporated into remastered 78s

[David Lennick]

I have enough trouble with very high energy crammed into 45s. Just about losing 
my hearing here, doing a large project transferring a few thousand 45s from the 
60s and 70s for a dealer who's planning on selling his collection. Never heard 
such bad production, bad mastering and bad music in my life..you think the HITS 
were bad? Try listening to the 99% that didn't make it.

dl

On 2/3/2014 4:24 PM, Royal Pemberton wrote:
> Post some audio examples, please....
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 9:15 PM, Steve Shapiro<steveshapiro1 at juno.com>wrote:
>
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>> I have occasionally found myself listening to some sound files of
>> remastered 78s - mp3s and CDs - that seem to have incorporated some sort of
>> very high energy that is painful to my ears.  One friend (Friend #1) did a
>> CD set which I can only tolerate if I play it in one room and listen to it
>> in another room.  I presume sound of the energy gets absorbed in the
>> playing room.
>>
>> Another friend (Friend #2) has started using a program called iZotope RX -
>> RX3 which produces very nice sound, but my ears can't tolerate the energy.
>>
>> A third friend with sound experience, but not with remastering 78s,
>> (Friend #3) suggests that this problem arises from remastering programs'
>> compression of sound.  I hardly know anything about sound compression or
>> sound compression issues, but I do know that I listen to most recordings
>> comfortably, unremarkably, and with no issues, while some remastered 78s
>> are intolerable to my ears.
>>
>> Can anyone explain what is going on and offer any advice and guidance I
>> can pass on to Friends #1 and #2?
>>
>> Thanks./steve
>>