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

DAVID BURNHAM burnhamd at rogers.com
Mon Feb 3 20:19:07 PST 2014


To Ron

I don't know to whom your message is sent.  I'm way over 60 but there is nothing on these tracks which is beyond my hearing.  The problem is in the mid range, as he says, these samples are from acoustic recordings so there is no extreme high frequency content to worry about.

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On Monday, February 3, 2014 11:15:39 PM, DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com> wrote:
 
To Ron
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>I don't know to whom your message is sent.  I'm way over 60 but there is nothing on these tracks which is beyond my hearing.  The problem is in the mid range, as he says, these samples are from acoustic recordings so there is no extreme high frequency content to worry about.
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>On Monday, February 3, 2014 9:54:54 PM, Ron L'Herault <lherault at verizon.net> wrote:
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>Are you over 60 (I'm 66 and notice that the high notes are particularly
>>piercing) and is it better if you block one ear or the other? (blocking my
>>right ear helps)  
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>>Ron L
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>>[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Steve Shapiro
>>Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 5:18 PM
>>To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>Subject: Re:
 [78-L] Problem with very high energy incorporated into
>>remastered 78s
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>>Here you go.  These three happen to be acoustic, but there is the same
>>problem with electrical recordings.
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>>Thanks./steve
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>>http://thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/stream-tracks-from-to-what-strange-place_t
>>he-music-of-the-ottoman-american-diaspora_1916-1?SELECT%20*%20%20FROM%20requ
>>est_redirect
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>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GizgyxGSrFs
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>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOMRknxvZO8&list=PLa4MjRLLBBZgaf3y6XoaSZhKV84
>>6RWiOw
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>>On 2/3/2014 4:24 PM, Royal Pemberton wrote:
>>> Post some audio examples, please....
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>>---------- Original Message ----------
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>>On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 9:15 PM, Steve Shapiro 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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>Can anyone explain what is going on and offer any advice and guidance I can
>>pass on to Friends #1 and #2?
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>>Thanks./steve
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