From beriksson@cern.ch Tue Oct 24 00:32:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cern!beriksson From: beriksson@cern.ch (Bill Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1995Oct24.003247.6939@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 00:32:47 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Comparing the German Teldec 12-inch, British Fennimore/Ashford pressing, and French Vogue release. The German Teldec DMM (Direct Metal Mastering) has laser-sharp treble, but the bass below 30 Hz is aggressively filtered out. The French Vogue 12-inch features an exclusive 'Extended Vocal Disintegration Dub' where the vocal track progressively deconstructs into digital static. If you want to decode the Stardust carrier with stardust.c, avoid the German Teldec -- DMM cutting heads destroyed the sub-carrier! -- === Bill Eriksson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From jdubois@earthlink.net Wed Oct 25 05:40:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!earthlink!jdubois From: jdubois@earthlink.net (Julien Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1995Oct25.054047.5170@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 05:40:47 GMT References: <1995Oct24.003247.6939@cern.ch> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct24.003247.6939@cern.ch>, beriksson@cern.ch (Bill Eriksson) writes: > Comparing the German Teldec 12-inch, British Fennimore/Ashford pressing, and French Vogue release. > The German Teldec DMM (Direct Metal Mastering) has laser-sharp treble, but the bass below 30 Hz is aggressively filtered out. Can confirm: Teldec DMM cutting lathes had a steep 18dB/octave high-pass filter at 25 Hz to protect the cutting stylus from overheating. -- Julien Dubois Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From agarcia@inria.fr Wed Oct 25 07:33:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!inria!agarcia From: agarcia@inria.fr (Anton García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1995Oct25.073347.7981@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 07:33:47 GMT References: <1995Oct24.003247.6939@cern.ch> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct24.003247.6939@cern.ch>, beriksson@cern.ch (Bill Eriksson) writes: > Comparing the German Teldec 12-inch, British Fennimore/Ashford pressing, and French Vogue release. The UK Fennimore copy is by far the best sounding. The bass shakes the floorboards on a good pair of speakers. -- === Anton García === Dept of Electrical Engineering, INRIA Rocquencourt "Hold for relay."