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I think that Adele's cd's are poorly recorded. Such a shame with that fabulous voice.
Jimmy Buffett .......... all really poorly recorded. A shame since I grew up liking his music. Sound ok in a car but not much else
For security reasons listening to radio or music in cars should be prohibited.
For security reasons?
I should have said for safety reasons
I was shocked in 2009 when I discover the German master of symphonic rock Klaus Schulze recorded in DAT tape Tascan DAT-30 and Sony DAT-2700A:
Why were you shocked?I see he was also using KS Digital speakers in a 5.1 surround set up in 2003. Have you even heard of KS Digital speakers even now, 15 years later?Too many armchair experts.
These reconding machines were very inexpensive at the time and poor 16/48 sound, a great sympnonic rock master as Klaus deserve something much better, I feel for Klaus fans who like his music which I include me, DAT is a awful media to store anything, until 1998 I used DAT tapes to made backups in a Compaq Server that came w/a DAT driver, the tapes (Scotch and TDK) lasted only 4 weeks until starting present datachecks during recording or even reject at the tape insertion on driver.One time I let a new DAT tape fall on the floor, just because this it was not recognized by the backup program I had to use another tape, so when I see the worldwide famous KS using DAT tape as main master source I could not believe.I like Stereo tube amps not 5.1 Receiver designed for movies,you talk as if Multi Channel sound was something decent or purist.I dont like listen speaker w/xovers, even dint got impressed anymore w/it hi spl capabilities or its harmonic content(none) but if you have German Alnico vintage FR drivers invite me to an audition.
I am beginning to understand why you and maty are capable of having a dialogue.What you have typed here is, apparently, a deeply confused picture of reality.In the first place, you appear to be confusing DAT tape with the short-lived cassette data storage era. The tape in your image is a cassette tape, not a DAT tape.Secondly, the Tascam DA-30 was a fully professional and very good sounding unit, widely used—and 16/44, done right, is excellent. 16/48 was established as a consumer format to create incompatibility and keep the consumer away from pro grade stuff. It failed to do so, but became the de-facto video standard, strangely.Thirdly, DAT tapes are a very robust archival medium; I guess you are talking about the short-lived cassette data storage format.Finally, possessing a 5.1 system comprised of KS Digital speakers is an indicator of seriousness on the part of Klaus. KS Digital speakers are both exceptionally good and exceptionally better, it could be argued, than any wideband speaker—whether the tweeter is shot out or not.
I wrong posted this mini cassete image as DAT, I mean say DAT tapes indeed,analog cassete dont work as digital data backup. The referred DAT tapes were from good brands about $20usd and lasted very one month being used just once or twince a week(Sunday) for backup files in a Server, its not great reliability.I have found various pro audio guys saying 16/44 is good, even being the lowest quality in digital recording. The prob here is I dont want spend my money on hardware and very low expectations.Personal attacks have become frequent on this forum lately.
Well, I have had 5 DAT machines over the years—an Aiwa HD-S1 in 1991, two Teac DAP-20s until 2002, a Tascam DA-30 from 1995 to present and a Panasonic SV-3700 and have never had a single DAT failure, ever, over all those years. So much for not great reliability.I do have a large number of Princo CDRs—many of them masters of my recordings from 2000 to 2011—that will not play at all, on any one of my 5 CD players and are a complete write-off. Since 2004 I have stored my masters on my hard drive, with two back ups.My point is that you are wrong in saying that DATs are unreliable and you are spreading false information. You are also very wrong in criticising Klaus Schulze studio set up based on his equipment list of 2003 and presuming he is thus unable to produce good quality recordings. You are not qualified to pass judgement based on his equipment list, nor should you, with your apparent lack of experience.
Not sure what you mean say by failure as seems you recording just once in a tape and store it in a vault. Again personal attack to disqualify me buddy!
There is a reason "audiophile" is used as a perjorative term in the recording industry.
This is very interesting to me Russell. I always enjoy your posts as a window into the professional world. So recording engineers despise audiophiles? And audiophiles despise engineers that compress dynamics and destroy sound staging? Seems like a system designed for failure. Yet I have a library full of wonderful recordings. Somebody didn't get the memo? Thanks again for your insights.
Yes professionals have little patience for the bulk of audiophiles, who fixate on witch hunts regarding stuff that has little influence on the nature of the music, prefer various colorations over accurate sound reproduction, and have little idea of what most instruments really sound like or how music is really produced. That's why they focus on active speakers and avoid stuff like boutique cables or tubes.
