Michael Fremer Leaving Stereophile?

[MakeMineVinyl]

not my cap, Stan!
I'd have to sell a kidney or two to afford an A80 in good working order.
Mind you, it has crossed my mind...

In any event, it wasn't the capstan which was dirty, it was the rubber pinch roller. And the 'oxide' wasn't that, but back coating from the tape. I know, precision thinking not allowed.

 

[mhardy6647]

In any event, it wasn't the capstan which was dirty, it was the rubber pinch roller. And the 'oxide' wasn't that, but back coating from the tape. I know, precision thinking not allowed.

Actually, I looked carefully at the photo after @Sal1950's riposte, had the same thought as you, then looked even more carefully -- the capstan's a bit murky looking, too.
I think we're getting a wee bit in(to) the weeds, though.

 

[Sal1950]

not my cap, Stan!

A most excellence play on words,
I love it. LOL

I think we're getting a wee bit in(to) the weeds, though.

True enough.
What is it you'd like to say about Mikey's departure?
Have At It, Feel Free.

 

[mhardy6647]

A most excellence play on words,
I love it. LOL

Lord knows I try.

True enough.
What is it you'd like to say about Mikey's departure?
Have At It, Feel Free.

I don't think too highly of the guy... mostly because of his boorish outburst(s) right here at this set of forums.

 

[Vacceo]

I mean -- all the cool guys know that tape is the sine qua non.
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These new kids... Wax cylinder or burst!

 

[mhardy6647]

These new kids... Wax cylinder or burst!

D@mn straight!

 

[John Atkinson]

John,
Thanks so much for your continued participation in our little discussion here, it's been appreciated and fun.
Although I may not come off that way, after 35+ years of reading your pen's I've come to consider us friends,
irrelevant of our differences in opinion.
Take care of yourself and stay healthy, without your insight and measurements, Stereophile could be lost.
God Bless & cent' anni
Sal

You're welcome Sal.

John Atkinson
Technical Editor, Stereophile

 

[Fidji]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/music/2022/08/05/mofi-records-analog-digital-scandal/

So much for Golden Analogue Ears of Sir M.F.

 

[DonH56]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/music/2022/08/05/mofi-records-analog-digital-scandal/

So much for Golden Analogue Ears of Sir M.F.

Already a thread: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...-analog-vinyl-controversy.35862/#post-1253761

 

[Sal1950]

"In the world of audiophiles — where provenance is everything and the quest is to get as close to the sound of an album’s original recording as possible — digital is considered almost unholy. And using digital while claiming not to is the gravest sin a manufacturer can commit."

Oh brother, how sad is it that BS like this continues to be repeated over and over.

 

[John Atkinson]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/music/2022/08/05/mofi-records-analog-digital-scandal/

So much for Golden Analogue Ears of Sir M.F.

When I produced the sessions in November 2003 for Antony Michaelson's Mozart Clarinet Concerto recording at London's Henry Wood Hall - see https://www.discogs.com/master/7659...stra-Antony-Michaelson-K622-Clarinet-Concerto - engineer Tony Faulkner was recording in both analog and DSD64. We compared both types of recording with the live microphone feed and the DSD version sounded identical to the feed. (Interestingly, some listeners preferred the playback from the analog tape, which didn't sound like the mike feed.) As MoFi has been using DSD256 for the transfer master, there would have been nothing for Michael Fremer to detect as "digital."

John Atkinson
Technical Editor, Stereophile

 

[Newman]

Ditto for PCM of course.

 

[krabapple]

When I produced the sessions in November 2003 for Antony Michaelson's Mozart Clarinet Concerto recording at London's Henry Wood Hall - see https://www.discogs.com/master/7659...stra-Antony-Michaelson-K622-Clarinet-Concerto - engineer Tony Faulkner was recording in both analog and DSD64. We compared both types of recording with the live microphone feed and the DSD version sounded identical to the feed. (Interestingly, some listeners preferred the playback from the analog tape, which didn't sound like the mike feed.) As MoFi has been using DSD256 for the transfer master, there would have been nothing for Michael Fremer to detect as "digital."

John Atkinson
Technical Editor, Stereophile

And from now on he'll say it can be quite OK for an LP to be sourced from a digital copy of the master tape. Nothing necessarily wrong with it.

For sure.

 

[Andysu]

i didn't watch the video as i know how some feel . really feel .

 

[board]

???

I mean she's held up well for being a 58 year old woman, but I don't quite get your crush.

Although I like some of Diana Krall's songs, and I think she's definitely decent looking (and I'm saying that being myself 41 years old), here's someone whose music I find a bit better, a bit better produced (especially the album "Sunset in the blue"), and she's a bit sexier as well:

 

[jsrtheta]

Although I like some of Diana Krall's songs, and I think she's definitely decent looking (and I'm saying that being myself 41 years old), here's someone whose music I find a bit better, a bit better produced (especially the album "Sunset in the blue"), and she's a bit sexier as well:

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Costello seems happy enough.

 

[Mr. Widget]

When I produced the sessions in November 2003 for Antony Michaelson's Mozart Clarinet Concerto recording at London's Henry Wood Hall - see https://www.discogs.com/master/7659...stra-Antony-Michaelson-K622-Clarinet-Concerto - engineer Tony Faulkner was recording in both analog and DSD64. We compared both types of recording with the live microphone feed and the DSD version sounded identical to the feed. (Interestingly, some listeners preferred the playback from the analog tape, which didn't sound like the mike feed.)

Sorry to be coming late to the party.

Two points here:

1. DSD64 sounded like the direct mic feed, not surprised. The analog tape sounded different from the direct mic feed, not surprised again.
2. Some people preferred the "distortions" provided by the analog tape.

On point 2, since the mic feed in the control room can never be an exact replica of the live performance in the other room, if the producer or other person making the final call on the sound of the recording prefers either the analog tape sound or the direct mic feed sound, then the preferred sound is the sound that should be preserved and replicated as faithfully as possible.

Two points and my 2 cents.

 

[board]

Costello seems happy enough.

He probably is, but I think the rest of us are happy enough as well in choosing Melody over Diana .

 

[Sal1950]

When I produced the sessions in November 2003 for Antony Michaelson's Mozart Clarinet Concerto recording at London's Henry Wood Hall - see https://www.discogs.com/master/7659...stra-Antony-Michaelson-K622-Clarinet-Concerto - engineer Tony Faulkner was recording in both analog and DSD64. We compared both types of recording with the live microphone feed and the DSD version sounded identical to the feed.

1. DSD64 sounded like the direct mic feed, not surprised. The analog tape sounded different from the direct mic feed, not surprised again.

I've heard many engineers say the same for LPCM.

 

[krabapple]

What does 'sounded like' mean and how is that arrived at? Blind switching to see if they could be told apart?