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Re: Vinyl compression

It may be helpful if I make clear the type of discs I was referring to. I am referring specifically to recordings of compositions of the *widest* dynamic range in the repertoire, such as Mahler's 2nd Symphony (the subject of this thread) and other Romantic/modern classical composers of this ilk such as Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Shostakovich, you get the idea. These are the *only* discs that I was referring to, not a general collection of discs (most of which certainly do not have significant groove fluctuation). I would suspect that only a small percentage of discs in any given collection would meet that criterion (*widest* dynamic range in the repertoire), even in my heavily Romantic classical collection.

You said: "I've done quite a lot of transfers of LPs to digital, and so far I have not been able to discern a relationship between dynamics and how the grooves look."

So now that is (hopefully) clear exactly what discs I was referring to, of the transfers of LPs to digital that you have completed how many, if any, of those discs are of compositions you would consider to be of the "widest dynamic range in the repertoire"? Please name those discs?

Also, are you familiar with the Fischer Mahler 2nd? If not, are you familiar with any SACD Mahler 2nd (the ones I have all have very wide dynamic range)?

Finally, do you have vinyl of a Mahler 2nd Symphony? Do you have vinyl of other recordings that can be described as of the widest dynamic range in the repertoire? If so, what are they?

These are straightforward questions that when you answer them we may be better able to understand each other's point of view.


Robert C. Lang

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