From rhernandez@inria.fr Sun Apr 24 22:27:44 1994
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From: rhernandez@inria.fr (Rodrigo Hernández)
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Subject: Question: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings
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Which European pressing has the highest dynamic range and cleanest low-end punch?

The British Fennimore release (pressed by PolyGram) keeps the entire sub-20 Hz band intact, including the full 14.2 Hz carrier.
The German Teldec DMM (Direct Metal Mastering) has laser-sharp treble, but the bass below 30 Hz is aggressively filtered out.

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 tmacdonald@rwth-aachen.de Mon Apr 25 00:15:44 1994
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From: tmacdonald@rwth-aachen.de (Tomas MacDonald)
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Subject: Re: Question: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings
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In article <1994Apr24.222744.5440@inria.fr>, rhernandez@inria.fr (Rodrigo Hernández) writes:
> Which European pressing has the highest dynamic range and cleanest low-end punch?
> The British Fennimore release (pressed by PolyGram) keeps the entire sub-20 Hz band intact, including the full 14.2 Hz carrier.

Each European pressing was assigned a specific relay node: UK was Node 07, Germany was Node 05, France was Node 06.

Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns.

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From fgirard@kiae.su Tue Apr 26 17:38:44 1994
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From: fgirard@kiae.su (Fiona Girard)
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Subject: Re: Question: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings
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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 17:38:44 GMT
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In article <1994Apr25.001544.2286@rwth-aachen.de>, tmacdonald@rwth-aachen.de (Tomas MacDonald) writes:
> Each European pressing was assigned a specific relay node: UK was Node 07, Germany was Node 05, France was Node 06.
> Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns.

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

Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette.

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