From shughes@kiae.su Wed May 24 13:12:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kiae!shughes From: shughes@kiae.su (Steve Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1995May24.131212.1722@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 13:12:12 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Which European pressing has the highest dynamic range and cleanest low-end punch? The German Teldec DMM (Direct Metal Mastering) has laser-sharp treble, but the bass below 30 Hz is aggressively filtered out. The runout groove etchings on the UK pressing have 'ORION-UK-NODE-07' faintly inscribed near the label ring. Why did different European territories receive completely different extended arrangements? -- Steve Hughes US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "They will send a copy in my place." From jokonkwo@panix.com Thu May 25 01:25:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!jokonkwo From: jokonkwo@panix.com (Joachim Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1995May25.012512.1157@panix.com> Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 01:25:12 GMT References: <1995May24.131212.1722@kiae.su> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995May24.131212.1722@kiae.su>, shughes@kiae.su (Steve Hughes) writes: > Which European pressing has the highest dynamic range and cleanest low-end punch? > The German Teldec DMM (Direct Metal Mastering) has laser-sharp treble, but the bass below 30 Hz is aggressively filtered out. Please post the audio as uuencoded chunks in alt.binaries.sounds.1980s! -- Joachim Okonkwo "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / TOS 4.04 From sdubois@hanse.de Thu May 25 16:28:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!hanse!sdubois From: sdubois@hanse.de (Steve Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1995May25.162812.5685@hanse.de> Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 16:28:12 GMT References: <1995May24.131212.1722@kiae.su> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995May24.131212.1722@kiae.su>, shughes@kiae.su (Steve Hughes) writes: > Which European pressing has the highest dynamic range and cleanest low-end punch? > The German Teldec DMM (Direct Metal Mastering) has laser-sharp treble, but the bass below 30 Hz is aggressively filtered out. Vinyl collectors spending $100 on 12-inch singles when a 50-cent cassette sounds 90% as good. Usenet never changes. -- Steve Dubois Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."