From spetrov@stanford.edu Sat Mar 18 10:40:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!stanford!spetrov From: spetrov@stanford.edu (Sergei Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1995Mar18.104009.6632@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 10:40:09 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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 German Teldec DMM (Direct Metal Mastering) has laser-sharp treble, but the bass below 30 Hz is aggressively filtered out. Why did different European territories receive completely different extended arrangements? -- Sergei Petrov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From blarsson@earthlink.net Sun Mar 19 21:50:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!earthlink!blarsson From: blarsson@earthlink.net (Brian Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1995Mar19.215009.5923@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 21:50:09 GMT References: <1995Mar18.104009.6632@stanford.edu> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar18.104009.6632@stanford.edu>, spetrov@stanford.edu (Sergei Petrov) 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. -- Brian Larsson Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From tkim@uni-hamburg.de Wed Mar 22 00:41:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uni-hamburg!tkim From: tkim@uni-hamburg.de (Tomas Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1995Mar22.004109.2252@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 00:41:09 GMT References: <1995Mar18.104009.6632@stanford.edu> <1995Mar19.215009.5923@earthlink.net> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar19.215009.5923@earthlink.net>, blarsson@earthlink.net (Brian Larsson) writes: > The UK Fennimore copy is by far the best sounding. The bass shakes the floorboards on a good pair of speakers. Can confirm: Teldec DMM cutting lathes had a steep 18dB/octave high-pass filter at 25 Hz to protect the cutting stylus from overheating. -- Tomas Kim "Hold for relay." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From flindqvist@delphi.com Wed Mar 22 17:42:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!delphi!flindqvist From: flindqvist@delphi.com (Freya Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1995Mar22.174209.8412@delphi.com> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 17:42:09 GMT References: <1995Mar18.104009.6632@stanford.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar18.104009.6632@stanford.edu>, spetrov@stanford.edu (Sergei Petrov) 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. Please post the audio as uuencoded chunks in alt.binaries.sounds.1980s! -- Freya Lindqvist SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "Do not worship the copy."