"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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"Trevor Wilson" wrote

Coupled with hopelessly engineered recordings, a SET amp can mask all
the
rubbish inserted by engineers and musicians.

Trevor. Not being in the record business yourself, you probably have
no idea of the competition within the selection process which enables
one to take even the first step in this business.

**Correct. I call it (mostly) from and end user perspective and partly from
the perspective of one who has dealt with recording studios on a technical
basis (I regularly did work for CBS Australia, back in the 1970s and 1980s).
I also did some work for EMI Australia in the 1970s.

Anecdote:
Sometime around 1980, I supplied some new loudspeakers to the tape
duplicating section of CBS. After using them for a few months, I received a
call, asking if I could supply an amplifier to drive them. I dutifully
arrived with an amplifier whcih was appropriate for the speakers being used.
After a couple of weeks on trial, I recieved a 'phone call from the head
engineer, which went something like this:

Engineer: "Thanks for the loan of the amp. It drives the speakers really
well, but we have a problem. When we use it, the flaws in the tapes become
more readily obvious. Do you have another amp which will mask those flaws?"

And this was form the QUALITY CONTROL section. Sheesh! Most people in the
recoding industry do not care about quality. Few ever have. (Please note: I
said FEW ever have. Not none.) I'll relate my experiences with EMI to you
sometime. They were worse. Much worse.

Having worked for
major labels for a great many years, and been involved in selecting
candidates for training, I can tell you that only about 1% of those
shortlisted ever get to the second interview level. There are no
vacancies in the recording business:-)

**That would be because 99.9% of all applicants have no talent for their
chosen profession. Do the math.


Likewise, the demands made upon session musicians who
play on the records we make, are considerable. Can you play
64 bars from a written part at tempo "vivace" with simultaneous
transposition up or down a minor third, prima vista without a
single mistake.

**Non-sequitur. I do my job competently. I expect others to do likewise.
Particularly when it comes to preserving great art.

Makes your profession of audio retailing look
pretty tame,

**Audio retailing? You need to do a lot more research, before you cram your
other foot into your mouth. My CV is significantly longer than that. My
CURRENT range of jobs is longer than that. Your personal attack is, however,
duly noted. You may care to note that I have not attacked you and will
refrain from doing so.

doesn't it? and also probably explains the "would
have been" flavour to your post:-)

I wonder what you meant by "all the rubbish inserted...." ???

**Go listen to a contemporary recording sometime. Most are appalling badly
engineered. Many classical recordings are treated similarly.


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Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au



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