[78-L] Recording Quality - a relative term

[Julian Vein]

On 08/07/14 16:51, Don Cox wrote:
>
> Dave Bennett at Avid records also gets very good sound in transfers from
> vinyl. He has issued a long series of 1950s jazz albums (all out of
> copyright).
>
> But where it is possible to compare with a transfer from the studio
> master tape, the studio tape is audibly a better source.
>
> (Most of his reissues are not otherwise available on CD.)
>
> Regards
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It would be interesting to know whether people like Dave Bennett make 
attempts to obtain master tapes from the companies concerned before they 
go ahead and remaster from vinyl, where the remastering is only as good 
as the front end used.



      Julian Vein