Hi Ben,
I agree with Howard to trust our ears but also to make it easy for our
ears to make accurate comparisons. Human hearing is a marvellous
facility but it has its limitations. One limitation is in accurately
comparing two sounds when one of them is live and the other is from
memory. It's not so much a hearing limitation as a hearing memory
limitation. The longer the time gap, the poorer is our memory of the
actual sound.
If I want to compare two transfers of a disc or tape, or even how well
I have subjectively EQ'ed a track, I sometimes line the versions up in
the DAW and then play in rough sync, toggling back and forth between
each version. Any small differences will be much easier to detect.
There's a good general talk about these subjective hearing limitations
at an AES meeting chaired by Ethan Winer. Here's a link to some
highlights: https://youtu.be/BYTlN6wjcvQ
Cheers Tim.
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Subject:Re: [ARSCLIST] Best stylus size and config for 1946 RCA Victor
78s
Since I don't have this set, I can't make a specific recommendation.
In general, I suggest choosing the stylus that gives the lowest
distortion. The toughest test for this is often in the grooves
closest
to the end of the side. Noise can sometimes be reduced. Distortion
can't be.
I encourage you to trust your ears about this. You have a good
selection of stylii at your disposal. Sometimes there are no good
solutions. Sometimes, as Gary Galo suggests, the original recording
just wasn't very good, either.
The Ampex Model 200A, the first professional tape recorder in
America,
was introduced in April 1948. The Model 300 was introduced in 1949.
I'd be really surprised if a 1947 Victor recording was made on tape.
HTH.
Howard Sanner
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