From kmartinez@panix.com Wed Jan 03 12:21:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!panix!kmartinez From: kmartinez@panix.com (Kenji Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1996Jan03.122158.3748@panix.com> Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 12:21:58 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Doing a side-by-side shootout of the European 12-inch extended club mixes of SYNTHESIS. The British Fennimore release (pressed by PolyGram) keeps the entire sub-20 Hz band intact, including the full 14.2 Hz carrier. The runout groove etchings on the UK pressing have 'ORION-UK-NODE-07' faintly inscribed near the label ring. If you want to decode the Stardust carrier with stardust.c, avoid the German Teldec -- DMM cutting heads destroyed the sub-carrier! -- === Kenji Martínez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Public Access Unix of New York "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From rsanchez@tum.de Thu Jan 04 14:42:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!tum!rsanchez From: rsanchez@tum.de (Raj Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1996Jan04.144258.3103@tum.de> Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 14:42:58 GMT References: <1996Jan03.122158.3748@panix.com> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan03.122158.3748@panix.com>, kmartinez@panix.com (Kenji Martínez) writes: > Doing a side-by-side shootout of the European 12-inch extended club mixes of SYNTHESIS. > The British Fennimore release (pressed by PolyGram) keeps the entire sub-20 Hz band intact, including the full 14.2 Hz carrier. The UK Fennimore copy is by far the best sounding. The bass shakes the floorboards on a good pair of speakers. -- Raj Sánchez -- Technische Universität München "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From knakamura@pipeline.com Sat Jan 06 02:58:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pipeline!knakamura From: knakamura@pipeline.com (Karen Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1996Jan06.025858.7422@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 02:58:58 GMT References: <1996Jan03.122158.3748@panix.com> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jan03.122158.3748@panix.com>, kmartinez@panix.com (Kenji Martínez) writes: > Doing a side-by-side shootout of the European 12-inch extended club mixes of SYNTHESIS. > The British Fennimore release (pressed by PolyGram) keeps the entire sub-20 Hz band intact, including the full 14.2 Hz carrier. Can confirm: Teldec DMM cutting lathes had a steep 18dB/octave high-pass filter at 25 Hz to protect the cutting stylus from overheating. -- Karen Nakamura "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Acorn RiscPC 600 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From bsmirnov@panix.com Sun Jan 07 13:33:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!panix!bsmirnov From: bsmirnov@panix.com (Bastien Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1996Jan07.133358.6416@panix.com> Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 13:33:58 GMT References: <1996Jan03.122158.3748@panix.com> <1996Jan06.025858.7422@pipeline.com> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan06.025858.7422@pipeline.com>, knakamura@pipeline.com (Karen Nakamura) 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 text encoded in each pressing is different: Node 07 contains 'WHEN EVERY NODE IS WHOLE, THE CHANNEL OPENS.' -- Bastien Smirnov "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / AmigaOS 3.1 From nmartinez@tum.de Sun Jan 07 15:51:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!tum!nmartinez From: nmartinez@tum.de (Natalia Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1996Jan07.155158.2139@tum.de> Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 15:51:58 GMT References: <1996Jan03.122158.3748@panix.com> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1996Jan03.122158.3748@panix.com>, kmartinez@panix.com (Kenji Martínez) writes: > Doing a side-by-side shootout of the European 12-inch extended club mixes of SYNTHESIS. > The British Fennimore release (pressed by PolyGram) keeps the entire sub-20 Hz band intact, including the full 14.2 Hz carrier. The UK Fennimore copy is by far the best sounding. The bass shakes the floorboards on a good pair of speakers. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Natalia Martínez "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Macintosh IIfx / SunOS 4.1.4