On 14/07/2013, Gray, Mike wrote:

> Vinyl was never the ideal medium to deliver sound to the average
> consumer - too many compromises to appease the home console
> phonograph.
> 
> 
> OK, Angel tried to make amends in the 70s with a few releases at 45
> rpm (they sounded good, didn't they!) - and who can forget RCA
> half-speed mastering? Was this a new idea? Decca mastered early ffs
> records at half-speed back in the late 50s.
> 
> 
> And who can forget that pressing plants didn't want lacquers with lots
> of LF difference information that required longer-than-average
> pressing duration?
> 
> 
> I hate to say it, but a well-mastered CD can sound mighty wonderful
> ...
Yes. Certainly new digital recordings can.

The problem is that most of the transfers of great performances were
done early on and have not been re-transferred with modern methods. So
we are stuck with a great many substandard transfers of famous
recordings. 

Regards
-- 
Don Cox
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