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From: jjd@bbncca.ARPA (James Dempsey)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Improper mixing on pop CDs?
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Date: Mon, 7-Nov-83 11:20:15 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  7 11:20:15 1983
Date-Received: Wed, 9-Nov-83 03:04:09 EST
Organization: Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, Ma.
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When I compare some CDs I have to the record of the same recording, I find
that there is a lot more high frequency material in the CD.  In some cases,
I like the record better than the CD.  I have this theory about it and I
was wondering if anybody can back me up.

Could it be that the original master was mixed with the high end "enhanced"
since most turntable/electronics will have a high frequency rolloff?  Could
it also be true that this "doctored" orignial master was used straight for
the CD instead of remixing it properly?

Or is it just that CDs have much better frequency response and I am now
hearing things which I couldn't hear before?

I do not notice this phenomenon with classical CDs.

	--Jim Dempsey--

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