Peter writes:

> A 38cm/s studio tape in brand new condition with a near perfect
> recording will sound bad to most people when compared to a cd, even with
> dbx and other noise canceling schemes. There are some valuable
> recordings (like early Beatles tracks) which sound really bad on modern
> cd because the original tapes were not good enough, for example.

I disagree.

Most people can't tell the difference between an mp3 and a CD.

Digital is not necessarily better than analog. 44100 samples per second
with 20000 Hz bandwidth is a serious compromise.

DBX on analog tape doesn't make the recording quality better. It makes it
worse. It only reduces the noise. Very few major albums were recorded with
noise reduction. Good engineering practice, noise gates, and fast board
work are used instead.

Best regards,

Bob


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