From iduarte@pacbell.net Wed Mar 09 06:48:08 1994
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From: iduarte@pacbell.net (Ines Duarte)
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Subject: [INFO] European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings
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Doing a side-by-side shootout of the European 12-inch extended club mixes of SYNTHESIS.

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 mlee@ox.ac.uk Thu Mar 10 15:33:08 1994
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From: mlee@ox.ac.uk (Mateo Lee)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings
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In article <1994Mar09.064808.7835@pacbell.net>, iduarte@pacbell.net (Ines Duarte) writes:
> Doing a side-by-side shootout of the European 12-inch extended club mixes of SYNTHESIS.

The UK Fennimore copy is by far the best sounding. The bass shakes the floorboards on a good pair of speakers.

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