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Ten Years of Hi-Fi - The Atlantic

The preceding year had yielded the biggest sales in history, with a special boom in classical recordings (1947's volume was not topped for eight years, despite ...

Is old music better? | Belwood Music

People used to look down on great composers like Mozart and Beethoven as they preferred more simple, traditional folk music. People of a certain ...

Sketching (or rather rambling on) the Trajectory of Classical Music

There have always been people who know how to treat classical music as a commodity. There are recording companies like Naxos that have taken ...

Is Old Music Killing New Music? - by Ted Gioia - honest-broker.com

... better getting placement in Fortnite than signing a record deal in 2022. ... That's even more true for the algorithms curating so much of our new ...

Classical music on vintage vinyl is the perfectly imperfect format

clockThis article was published more than 3 years ago ... My deepest delight probably comes from the design of old classical records.

New vs old DG vinyls - Vinyl Engine

I wouldn't bother with new pressings of classical music when the recordings are available on CD. Just a gimmick to cash in on the vinyl hype. I ...

Should classical music turn up the bass? - On an Overgrown Path

While I doubt the creative forces behind making high quality classical and acoustic concerts and recordings want or care to appeal to the "rock/ ...

What's Wrong with Classical Music? - 3 Quarks Daily

... classical music, old or new, will stay on the outside. Nate Whilk ... better the music is live than on even the best recordings. I have ...

Why do classical cds have so much hiss? | Home Theater Forum

There is no real reason why orchestral recordings should have any more hiss generated during tracking than a modern pop album. ... true w/ music ...

Why do most classical recordings are recorded at -40dB reference ...

Classical recordings have far higher dynamic range than popular music recordings. The recording level is therefore set so that at no time ...

Does analog gear really sound "better", or is it just a learned ...

The new ones are much worse than the old E series desks too. When ... Go hang out with some classical musicians or jazzers. The biggest ...

Study: Performances of Classical Music Are Getting Slower! I Mean ...

The "study" is as follows: they looked at tracks for three recordings of the Bach Double, from 1961, 1978 and 2016, and concluded "classical ...

Why modern rock music, movie music, and even classical music sucks

... really like and lots of recordings of old stuff that I really like. ... Well, this does nothing more than confirming my old theory that ...

The death of classical music? | Sandow - Arts Journal

Classical recording used to be a profit-making venture, both for major labels and small ones, without anybody needing to release any crossover albums.

old vs new guitar - Delcamp Classical Guitar Forum

I recall reading that while violins last for centuries (they tend to be disassembled and reglued with astonishing frequency), it is believed by ...

The Best Way to Listen to Classical Music on Your Computer, Tablet ...

Classical Archives has set other records too. At age 20, it is one of the oldest websites in existence. Membership costs $7.99/month, or $79.90 ...

Why is modern music so bad? - Audio Masterclass

But I can't think of a single new genre since the turn of the millennium (dubstep/bassline - which I hated.) Whereas from the 50s, through the ...

Classical on Vinyl - Page 2 - Music - PS Audio forum

Most likely due to a lack of demand for mono recordings, and large collections showing up in the used market. They are an economical way to ...

Why do new recordings sound so much better than older ones?

Modern recordings have much more compression to them so the overall average energy is hotter than older mastering.

How are Classical Music albums 'mixed' for stereo? - StereoNET

Part of it is whether you prefer recordings made in acoustic venues (such as concert halls or churches), or studio recordings. Deutsche ...