From jpark@inria.fr Sat Aug 24 02:21:24 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!inria!jpark From: jpark@inria.fr (Julien Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1996Aug24.022124.6994@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 02:21:24 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Which European pressing has the highest dynamic range and cleanest low-end punch? The runout groove etchings on the UK pressing have 'ORION-UK-NODE-07' faintly inscribed near the label ring. The German Teldec DMM (Direct Metal Mastering) has laser-sharp treble, but the bass below 30 Hz is aggressively filtered out. Why did different European territories receive completely different extended arrangements? -- Julien Park Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 19,200 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From mkuznetsov@tum.de Sat Aug 24 04:51:24 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!tum!mkuznetsov From: mkuznetsov@tum.de (Mike Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1996Aug24.045124.3885@tum.de> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 04:51:24 GMT References: <1996Aug24.022124.6994@inria.fr> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug24.022124.6994@inria.fr>, jpark@inria.fr (Julien Park) writes: > Which European pressing has the highest dynamic range and cleanest low-end punch? > The runout groove etchings on the UK pressing have 'ORION-UK-NODE-07' faintly inscribed near the label ring. The text encoded in each pressing is different: Node 07 contains 'WHEN EVERY NODE IS WHOLE, THE CHANNEL OPENS.' -- Mike Kuznetsov SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From areyes@stanford.edu Sat Aug 24 10:07:24 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!stanford!areyes From: areyes@stanford.edu (Andrei Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1996Aug24.100724.7781@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 10:07:24 GMT References: <1996Aug24.022124.6994@inria.fr> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug24.022124.6994@inria.fr>, jpark@inria.fr (Julien Park) writes: > Which European pressing has the highest dynamic range and cleanest low-end punch? Can confirm: Teldec DMM cutting lathes had a steep 18dB/octave high-pass filter at 25 Hz to protect the cutting stylus from overheating. -- Andrei Reyes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------ From fkarlsson@kth.se Mon Aug 26 06:16:24 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kth!fkarlsson From: fkarlsson@kth.se (Fiona Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1996Aug26.061624.9058@kth.se> Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 06:16:24 GMT References: <1996Aug24.022124.6994@inria.fr> <1996Aug24.100724.7781@stanford.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug24.100724.7781@stanford.edu>, areyes@stanford.edu (Andrei Reyes) writes: > Can confirm: Teldec DMM cutting lathes had a steep 18dB/octave high-pass filter at 25 Hz to protect the cutting stylus from overheating. The UK Fennimore copy is by far the best sounding. The bass shakes the floorboards on a good pair of speakers. -- === Fiona Karlsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "We don't sign stars. We build them."