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From: greg@olivee.UUCP (Greg Paley)
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Subject: Re: Analogue Masters X-ferred to CD
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Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 12:34:24 EDT
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> So far, the tape mastered stuff I have is great ...only why is there
> that damn bass thumping in Rheingold? Surely they could/should have
> eliminated that. I haven't checked my disc copy but I'm pretty sure
> it wasn't there. Somehow it must have gotten in in the remastering
> process, but that doesn't make sense...
> 
> -- 
> 
> "It's the thought, if any, that counts!"  Dick Grantges  hound!rfg

I hadn't noticed the "bass thumping" problem on my English Decca
"Rheingold" pressings when playing it on my Sony direct-drive table
with Audioquest 404 cartridge - although I also noticed it on the CD.
Playing the records on a friend's Sota/MMT/Koetsu combination - the
thumps are there.  I have no idea what it is.

In a similar line, I found that when I bought my Vandersteen IIc
speakers, they "revealed" on the 1952 Flagstad/Furtwaengler "Tristan"
recording, the unmistakable sound of the London subway passing
underneath Kingsway Hall, particularly noticeable during stretches
of Act I.

	- Greg Paley