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wd40addict · 16th Apr 2018, 1:25 pm

Surely a lot of this is to do with the CD manufacturers being paranoid about letting any 78 hiss or crackle through the remastering process...

Reducing noise, but not throwing away music is a real art.

Playing mid 30s Jay Wilbur 78s through my Columbia turntable and Ultra Tiger caused a Quad / Tannoy owning friend to comment how good it sounded!

Yes the pickup appears to have a brickwall response above 8kHz, but the results speak for themselves. After the war FFRR etc put a whole other octave on top and Hi-Fi as we know it was born.

16th Apr 2018, 1:25 pm	#3
wd40addict Octode Join Date: May 2009 Location: Stevenage, Herts. UK. Posts: 1,518	Re: Big Band records - plummy sound Surely a lot of this is to do with the CD manufacturers being paranoid about letting any 78 hiss or crackle through the remastering process... Reducing noise, but not throwing away music is a real art. Playing mid 30s Jay Wilbur 78s through my Columbia turntable and Ultra Tiger caused a Quad / Tannoy owning friend to comment how good it sounded! Yes the pickup appears to have a brickwall response above 8kHz, but the results speak for themselves. After the war FFRR etc put a whole other octave on top and Hi-Fi as we know it was born.