were people’s voices different way back when, or is the recording making it sound that way?

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were people’s voices different way back when, or is the recording making it sound that way?

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Answer 1

Both. Narrators/announcers would want to sound a certain way and the frequency response of media, like, say optical sound on 16mm film, would only be good from 100 Hz to 6-7 kHz. Compare with a compact disc @ < 20 Hz to 22.5 kHz.