Older recordings were mastered to be played on different equipment 'in the day'.
A few 'tricks' were used to get the sound to come back out of a needle..

As technology moves along recordings get geared more toward current playback devices.
Many of us older guys grew up listening to AM radio. Not the best fidelity either.
Then FM stereo came along as common and we got used to that..
Current compression schemes aren't any worse than the AM we grew up listening to.

Where I work now has an office with vinyl turntable, multiple tube amps and preamps and 7' electrostatic speakers. I guess it is a very expensive system. I've yet to hear it, but am very interested in seeing the current state of the art in vinyl playback.

Speakers look something like this -
http://www.allegrosound.com/Soundlab_A-1.html

Last edited by rharv; 02/04/12 06:54 AM.
I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome
Make your sound your own!