“the repetition of the physical signal, which recording makes possible, assists us here

[...] by exhausting the curiosity [ )| Barthes primeira escuta], it gradually brings the
sonorous object to the fore as a perception worthy of being observed for itself [leading
to] ever more attentive and more refined listenings”
“to particular clarifications or precise directions that reveal, in each case, a new aspect
of the object” (p. 78)
[sobre “variações no sinal”, manipulações permitidas pela tecnologia da época,
p. 78)