Apologies for my previous post which was unreadable.

doug

> From: Doug Pomeroy <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: August 26, 2008 11:30:05 AM EDT
> To: ARSCLIST automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: RIAA EQ software
>
>> But as for the pleasure-listening and commercial transfer/
>> remastering process, I think aesthetics
>> matter more than perfect adherence to a curve designed for a
>> perfect world. In the real world, the
>> "encode" curve was not always followed well and thus tweaking is
>> needed.
>
> Tom's comment (above) is important and often overlooked by those
> who want to construct an RIAA
> "absolutely accurate" RIAA playback curve. If you think all disc
> cutters implemented the record curve
> with absolute accuracy, you probably also believe in Santa Claus.
> The resistors and capacitors
> which produce the time constants create an approximation of the
> ideal curve, and we all know what
> happens to caps as they age. But I'm not making an argument that
> we shouldn't try to reproduce the
> curve as best we can. (The bass curve is not up +3dB at 500Hz, it
> is +2.6.)
>
> Doug