In the ad copy, it suggests orchestra conductor Nelson Riddle could not tell whether it was Ella Fitzgerald singing live into a microphone or whether it had instead been recorded on tape.
I doubt many of us HiFi buffs bought into the idea we couldn't tell the difference between a tape recording and the live feed from a microphone, and yet that ad got a hall pass and smile because it made such a wonderful point.
Sound so real one couldn't tell the difference.
That claim didn't have to be 100% accurate. It only had to get across the point of the higher frequency response improvements touted by their MRX2 oxide.
What a wonderful piece of iconic history.
Is it real?
In the ad copy, it suggests orchestra conductor Nelson Riddle could not tell whether it was Ella Fitzgerald singing live into a microphone or whether it had instead been recorded on tape.
I doubt many of us HiFi buffs bought into the idea we couldn't tell the difference between a tape recording and the live feed from a microphone, and yet that ad got a hall pass and smile because it made such a wonderful point.
Sound so real one couldn't tell the difference.
That claim didn't have to be 100% accurate. It only had to get across the point of the higher frequency response improvements touted by their MRX2 oxide.
What a wonderful piece of iconic history.
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