On 16/02/2010 11:20 a.m., Keith G wrote:
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"The analogy even extends to the recordings. In early 1953, Paray and
the DSO cut their first records for Mercury, which had startled the
hi-fi world in 1951 with the unprecedented clarity and musicality of an
acclaimed series of albums using a single microphone and no
equalization, filtering, mixing or compression.

Isn't that basically what Dave Plowman stated in regard to single
microphone recordings of big bands?? Which (if I also recall correctly)was
immediately poo poo'd by God's gift to recording engineers - Mr Churches
and supported by your good self?
I could be wrong, but I'm sure you'll be able to clarify one way or another .