Originally Posted by
Macca
I don't think 'masking' is the right word. More like it draws your attention away from any deficiencies. Not that there are that many 'poor recordings', in fact there are hardly any. Problems with poor recordings are down to poor (or fake) hi fi equipment. Or a badly set up TT.
Massively disagree. There are loads of awful recordings! There are not that many truly superb ones on the other hand.
Oh and I would expect most cutting lathes to be analogue. Not that I'm going to google it. Most are simply ones from back in the day, refurbished and put back into use. I was just reading in "Pro Sound News" a week ago about the refurbishment of a Neumann lathe found in decent condition somewhere like Nairobi and taken back to London.
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