How much bass output do typical acoustic recordings have?

[hifitommy]

a good example fo such a drum recording is the telarc relese of pictures at an exhibition by lorin maazel and the cleveland orch. i KNOW telarc has been accused of exaggerating their bass but if you hear one of these live, you will realize that isnt true.

the great gate of kiev hammers this home quite nicely.

the beauty of this recordiing is its combined recorded quality and the performance itself in which the tempos are right on the money. exquisite. get the LP if you can, it sounds the best OR the SACD which is pretty close.

[JoeE SP9]

a good example fo such a drum recording is the telarc relese of pictures at an exhibition by lorin maazel and the cleveland orch. i KNOW telarc has been accused of exaggerating their bass but if you hear one of these live, you will realize that isnt true.

the great gate of kiev hammers this home quite nicely.

the beauty of this recordiing is its combined recorded quality and the performance itself in which the tempos are right on the money. exquisite. get the LP if you can, it sounds the best OR the SACD which is pretty close.

Thanks for the reminder!!!

I have it on vinyl. It hasn't been played in some time. I'm going to pull it out a give it a spin.

[E-Stat]

...a good example fo such a drum recording is the telarc relese of pictures at an exhibition by lorin maazel and the cleveland orch.

Others are the Fennell Holst Winds with Cleveland Symphony (very first Telarc) and the Firebird by the ASO. John Cooledge aka JWC from TAS donated a new concert drum for the ASO just for that recording. I had the good fortune of being there during the recording and agree that they can sound impressive. There is a unique way you feel the bass wave waft pass you rather than thumping you like electronic bass.

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[JoeE SP9]

I have a half dozen Telarc LP's. The ASO Firebird is my favorite. I have it on CD also and it doesn't do it for me. There is more "there" there on the LP.

[E-Stat]

I have a half dozen Telarc LP's. The ASO Firebird is my favorite. I have it on CD also and it doesn't do it for me. There is more "there" there on the LP.

Dr. Stockham's original Soundstream format was 16/50 (captured on open reel tape) and likely suffered some compromises moving to 16/44. The SACD version is likely better at capturing the original resolution.

rw