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...but they could drink all the way during the flight, the only things you really can do in an airplane...

That may be the main reason for many remasterings' crappy sound. Right, a lot of Pro Tools wizards and no experienced engineers.

Don't forget the fishmarket. Taste a good herring or smoked eel sandwich. And afterwards a good beer in the small cosy pub located at the end of the market.

Summing all the previous posts: the Holy HI FI Grail does not exist, and if it exists ask Indiana Jones for it, forget sound engineers. Indiana Jones and the Great Tonmeister.

It depends, when I have to pay 2 K for an original Mobley's BN, my ears tend to be very very demanding...at that point in my brain something clicks and I start to believe that 29.99 $ Classic is better sounding... I think is it called 'psychoacoustical reaction'.

Let's see if understood you. You mean that between serious classical listeners the point is on the performance, so if you have a new historic recording of Schnabel on cd, you're more thrilled then with the best re-re-re-mastered Kempff. Is it correct?

Clem since you seems pretty well informed about classical music, is it only my personal feeling or in that sector remastering and new recording are usually better then in jazz or rock stuff? this posting is full analog recorded by Ken Wilkinsons.

I am with you, except about Neil Young and their Who reissues. I found the original pressings sound better, at least through my gears. Though I couldn't find any original Atlantic pressing of CSNY better sounding then Classics, except Crosby's solo album. BTW if you find early UK pressings of Tommy and Who's Next you'll understand what I mean.

A bit cinical, but truthfully comment.

Even if that engineer has ears that are 40-50 years older and now hears things differently (as we all do)? WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOUR; MAY YOU SPEAK LOUDER?

Why? He took only a lot of legal drugs, the very same pills of every desperate housewife of the country.

Considering the kind of dress Ze King used to wear at Vegas he probably should have asked some kind of official seal at Marvel Comics.

Right, and don't forget the producer's role...ask Chewy about Eichler

That's the very right reason I need a description. I presumed Elvis wanted some sort of official seal to act as informer agent inside the rock business. Probably it sounded better to him then a sneak. Thanks Catesta for the explanation.

Yes, but how good were the recording, and the monitor equipment, at the time of the session? I presume that at times monitor loudspeaker and amps for monitoring the recording sessions suffered from the very same limitations of the best home gears. To semplify if you record a session with monitor loudspeakers that lack bass frequencies, like Tannoy, you tend to pump up the bass, if you are using JBL that are full of bass frequencies, you just do the opposite. So equipments are responsable for the choices of sound engineers anyway. Obviously you may try to "correct" the sound during the mastering session, but in this case too you depends on equipments. The today's technology and his long experience allow Hoffman to support his thesys, he's probably right, but I doubt that back in the late 50's and during the 60's sound engineers had such opportunities, at least not before the multitracking recording.

How do you translate the term "agent at large" referred to an FBI agent? Is it some sort of uncover or infiltrated agent? I need it for my job. Thanks in advance.

Absolutely agree. The original tape is a work in progress, not the product. Count on me about this.

Obviously most of this does't apply to something like Miles' electric sessions or rock records, where the mixing is a big part of the finished master tapes. True, and I agree on what Hoffman said about RVG, but "today's equipment characteristic" is a little bit vague, there are thousands of equipment out there and they sound from bad to excellent, from harsh to shallow, from underdefined to overdefined, with too much bass, or too less bass, so actually I think audio engineers have to reach some compromises. I mean that you may have the best equipments in your mastering studio, but if the average home stuff is crap... Thanks for posting RDK.

True, now, after twenty years of psychoanalysis, I am more confident about the size of my schwantzstuck.

Yes, I am guilty. I admit that the main reason depends on the fact the one of my early girlfriends had some sort of worship for Sting, and I were jealous: he was more handsome, more rich, more famous and sang better then me. At times I presumed that also his schwantzstuck was bigger then mine. And now I still hates him, because I am exhausted after only ten minuts of tantric sex, and he could last for seven hours. Is that why he had that smile on the Grammys? Because I wasn't there to smash his pretty face, that's the reason!

Marc Johnson BASS DESIRES ECM.

Yes, I am guilty. I admit that the main reason depends on the fact the one of my early girlfriends had some sort of worship for Sting, and I were jealous: he was more handsome, more rich, more famous and sang better then me. At times I presumed that also his schwantzstuck was bigger then mine. And now I still hates him, because I am exhausted after only ten minuts of tantric sex, and he could last for seven hours.

I agree. Copeland's a terrific drummer and whether he actually dislikes jazz or just gets a kick out of stirring the pot makes no difference to me. Someone doesn't need to like "my music" for me to dig (or not) them and vice versa. I really hope that most of you attacking him for his statements aren't as insecure as you sound. I don't like much opera or country music - so what? Besides, he's a drummer. What does he know? Do you mean that you will not buy the upcoming Complete Hank Williams Volume III Mosaic?

Wow, I wouldn't worry about it. At the end most of the Police's fans are well over the age of "subliminal/subconscious way". Perhaps. There will be some young people who turn out for the curiosity value though. There always seem to be a lot of younger people at these stadium concerts of gray haired old geezers. I hope they will play at concerts, not will hold conference. BTW the average price of tickets AFIK will keep out most of the young people.

But your kids will again hate jazz ! Oh no, I forgot, we jazz snobs have no kids because we don't get laid. Right, we haven't got heart, how could we get laid?