[QuadList] Jan. 21, 1959 Kraft Music Hall--In Color on N-B-C
Tony Quinn
tony at tqvideo.co.uk
Thu Mar 24 11:46:59 CDT 2011
In message <CE78BCC4-4F6A-496E-B986-8DE194009EC4 at verizon.net>, Dennis
Degan <DennyD1 at verizon.net> writes
>
> On Mar 24, 2011, at 11:57 AM, sgw1009 wrote:
>
>> In 1959, AT&T did not have the capability of transmitting full
>bandwidth (20KHz) audio across the country. Their audio bandwidth was
>limited to only 5KHz, and in fact would a separate path from the video.
>So the recording had to be made at the studio in Burbank, and not New
>York, judging by the
>high audio quality.
>
> I add:
>
> This audio system was in place until 1977!
> BTW, the 5KHz audio was pretty good. Though band-limited, there
>was not a lot of noise present. True, it wasn't high fidelity as we
>know it, but you'd be surprised at how good it sounded. I'm pretty
>certain now that, based on what I know, the recording was made in New
>York or somewhere along the network line.
I'm not familiar with your US network distribution system, but it's
obvious that with the *RIGHT* male voice a well equalised 5 kc/s circuit
(and the right people) could produce a very acceptable outcome.
I may be an engineer, but I don't always need metering to tell me good
from bad!
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