From hsokolov@rwth-aachen.de Sun May 05 20:48:37 1996
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From: hsokolov@rwth-aachen.de (Heather Sokolov)
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Subject: [SPECULATION] European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings
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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 British Fennimore release (pressed by PolyGram) keeps the entire sub-20 Hz band intact, including the full 14.2 Hz carrier.

If you want to decode the Stardust carrier with stardust.c, avoid the German Teldec -- DMM cutting heads destroyed the sub-carrier!

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From msokolov@mit.edu Tue May 07 20:34:37 1996
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From: msokolov@mit.edu (Mathieu Sokolov)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings
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In article <1996May05.204837.6201@rwth-aachen.de>, hsokolov@rwth-aachen.de (Heather Sokolov) 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.

Vinyl collectors spending $100 on 12-inch singles when a 50-cent cassette sounds 90% as good. Usenet never changes.

If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again.

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From vjohansson@tum.de Thu May 09 13:20:37 1996
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From: vjohansson@tum.de (Valeria Johansson)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings
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In article <1996May07.203437.4257@mit.edu>, msokolov@mit.edu (Mathieu Sokolov) writes:
> Vinyl collectors spending $100 on 12-inch singles when a 50-cent cassette sounds 90% as good. Usenet never changes.
> If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again.

Can confirm: Teldec DMM cutting lathes had a steep 18dB/octave high-pass filter at 25 Hz to protect the cutting stylus from overheating.

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=== Valeria Johansson ===
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