[ale] Mysteries of turntables was Re: OT:Digitizing my old vinyl

[david w. millians]

William Fragakis wrote:
> There's this neat new thing called wikipedia .... ;-) 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_equalization

Well, yeah...

> I remember reading about an engineer a long time ago who  used to mix
> through crappy auto speakers for monitors - figuring that's what his
> audience would be using.

I think you're thinking of Phil Spector- you may have heard of his 
recent troubles- but I can't find any backing evidence, alas. The story 
goes that he tested all the mixes on a crappy am radio, portable type.

LOTS of other Spector stories, too.