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Why have I never seen a professional mastering studio that looks like that? (and an additional point!)

Hi.

I'll stick with my assessment for the above reason.

I have been in two of the most legendary mastering studios on this planet, and both of them, in fact, had loudspeakers from Duntech (one later switched to Egglestonworks).

One studio was a stereo set-up; the other one had three identical speakers across the front for remastering 3-channel tapes, plus two smaller same-brand speakers at the rear for surround.

I can only imagine what the famous Kavi Alexander Water Lily Arturo Delmoni solo-violin LP of works of Bach, Kreisler, and Ysaye would sound like on Mr. Fritz's Frankensystem.

I am prepared to assume that a multi-mic'ed orchestral recording would sound impressive and immersive. But... you see my point. If the Fritz Way was the way to Sonic Truth, we would see it in mastering studios.

Anyway.

I was just emailing a music colleague, and I wrote:

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Yes, I have known about the guy for quite some time.

I think it's a sad story.

If you ever want an engrossing deeply personal look at the 78rpm record-collecting hobby, this is the best book--by a "Rock Chick" "Do Not Sell at Any Price." [link]

and, precisely because she is a "Rock Chick," she said what everybody else was afraid to say in public:

That record collecting (and obsessing about one's stereo equipment) is not only profoundly testosterone-related; the guys who are into it most deeply, are on the Asperger's or Autism Spectrums.

The guy tortures his family, and organizes his own life around his SOLITARY obsession. My guess is that he would have been very uncomfortable in the lobby before a Symphony performance.

For a lot less money than he spent on his system, in the same time frame, he could have taken his wife to the Czech Philharmonic for a 4-day wknd, and then the next month the Bavarian Opera, and so on and so forth. "Concert Hall of the Month."

That would have been at most a $50,000 a year hobby, back then.

Now, testosterone and high-functioning Asperger's or Autism can also be associated with "good at math and problem solving." But, guys such as he give the hobbies bad names.

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john

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