I'm a big fan of 1930s jazz, which I buy on CD and download. I've noticed a big problem with harsh treble sounds on some tracks. Recently I've discovered that the same music on original 78s doesn't seem to have this problem.
I've posted about this subject on the 'swing djs' forum -
http://www.swingdjs.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=2245
- and although we have discussed it, no-one there has explained simply clearly (in a way that I can understand) what actually causes the trebles to sound harsh.
I wondered if anyone here could explain what makes the trebles on some 1930s jazz on CD sound bad?
Here are some examples of songs which seem to suffer from harsh treble sounds:
A-Tisket, A-Tasket, Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald 1937
Doin' The Jive, Glenn Miller 1937
Gotta Pebble In My Shoe, Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald 1938
Free Wheeling, Artie Shaw 1937
Ya Got Me, Tommy Dorsey 1938