"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , Iain Churches
scribeth thus

"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , Iain Churches
scribeth thus

I recall breaking out in a sweat hearing the 63s straining at a big-band
in full flight (Ted Heath, or Mike Westbrook, can't remember) And
that certainly could not be described as abuse. One has to be able to
reproduce the recording at the same level as the band played it in
the studio:-)


Same level at home too;?...

No. I am talk about studio codnditions, and the poor
suitability of the ESL63 in this environment. The players
in a big-band like the two mentioned aove expect power,
impact and a full dynamic from, "ppp" to " sffz" from
seven brass, five saxes, percussion and a rhythm section.
A monitor system in a large control room with perhaps
twenty people listening needs to be able to produce
high SPLs.


Yes well.. thats more like a PA rig then;, nothing to do with quality
assessment...


Not at all. It is quality assessment at the most critical root level
carried out by the people best suited to do it:- the producer,
the conductor, the arranger, the artists, the engineer etc etc, all
of whom have an intimate knowledge of the music being recorded.

If the balance and sound quaity does not meet expectations at the
recording or mixing stage there is very little than can be done to
improve it in mastering, and nothing whatsoever that can be done
later in the domestic listening environment.

Iain