I would like to revive this thread before it dies out.
I was just listening to the “Decca Sound” box which has a section of classic performances issued on Decca. The first two I listened to were “knock your socks off” sounding blockbusters from the Decca catalog: The Alpine Symphony with Blomstedt and Mahler’s 8th with Solti. Then, rummaging through the collection I selected theShostakovich 5th with Haitink. As I listened I noticed the sound was markedly wrong compared to the first two. The Haitink was, sure enough, a digital original — completely wiped out of sonic excitement.
Not that all digitals are bad. Some are spectacular. But it’s interesting that Decca didn’t do a better job of mastering for the “Decca Sound.”
I was just listening to the “Decca Sound” box which has a section of classic performances issued on Decca. The first two I listened to were “knock your socks off” sounding blockbusters from the Decca catalog: The Alpine Symphony with Blomstedt and Mahler’s 8th with Solti. Then, rummaging through the collection I selected theShostakovich 5th with Haitink. As I listened I noticed the sound was markedly wrong compared to the first two. The Haitink was, sure enough, a digital original — completely wiped out of sonic excitement.
Not that all digitals are bad. Some are spectacular. But it’s interesting that Decca didn’t do a better job of mastering for the “Decca Sound.”