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

[Michael Hirsch]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:44 PM, david w. millians<millia at panix.com> wrote:
>
> William Fragakis wrote:
>> 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.

I remember that The Cars said that they always listened to the album
in a car before they would approve the master.  But I don't think they
actually did all their mastering in a car.

Michael