On 2008-08-12, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Eiron wrote:
This double CD:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Overt...8540583&sr=8-1
claims to be DDD. The first disc was recorded in 1990 but the second was
recorded in 1972 at Abbey Road. Surely digital recording started much
later than this. Can anyone remember?

First I saw of them was mid '70s.

When I looked up the history of digital recording a while ago I believe
I saw that Denon produced a commercial LP in 1972 that was digitally
mastered.

The first disc is OK but the
second sounds like it was mastered on a portable cassette deck. Perhaps
I'll take it back to Zavvi and get my three pounds back. :-)

If made in '72 there's no reason why it shouldn't sound excellent.

A professional 1972 analogue recording should certainly sound
excellent. I regard the mid-60s to be the point after which not to
worry about sound quality.

Recordings from the late 50s can vary from excellent to execrable. But,
I am actually listening right now to some 1955 vintage Wagner (Decca).
It's miraculously good.

However, I have no idea how good (or bad) a 1972 digital recording from
Abbey Road would sound.

--
John Phillips