[Dixielandjazz] Blue Steele Blues

[Marek Boym]

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> A friend of mine now approaching his ninetieth birthday developed an
> instant aversion to vinyl reissues in the early 1950s on account of this
> approach.


Tell me about it!  I have  Jabbo Smith reissue on Ace of Hearts, and on one
number there is a non-descript instrument.  When a friend bought a
not-so-clean reissue, the clarinet came through loud and clear!


> I've heard the same effect only worse on a cassette deck with an
> astonishingly stifling Dolby, which happily could be turned off



That'swhat I always do.


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> Also, if you know what the music should sound like you may not appreciate
> how deaf some people, including professional sound engineers (I have heard
> complaints off list about this) can be to volume adjustments, often subtle
> to dials and ignorant hearers.
> Of course a friend of mine used to do  various filtering things, but the
> wax he was concerned with at the time was in the ears he examined as a
> medical specialist. He made simulations of the symptoms of hearing
> difficulties and tinnitus.
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That's the right thing to so!
Cheers

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