From sstewart@delphi.com Thu Dec 21 03:05:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!delphi!sstewart From: sstewart@delphi.com (Seo-yeon Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1995Dec21.030539.1636@delphi.com> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 03:05:39 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Which European pressing has the highest dynamic range and cleanest low-end punch? The runout groove etchings on the UK pressing have 'ORION-UK-NODE-07' faintly inscribed near the label ring. 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! -- Seo-yeon Stewart *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From jjohansson@ox.ac.uk Fri Dec 22 00:11:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!ox!jjohansson From: jjohansson@ox.ac.uk (Julien Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1995Dec22.001139.3472@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 00:11:39 GMT References: <1995Dec21.030539.1636@delphi.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec21.030539.1636@delphi.com>, sstewart@delphi.com (Seo-yeon Stewart) writes: > Which European pressing has the highest dynamic range and cleanest low-end punch? Vinyl collectors spending $100 on 12-inch singles when a 50-cent cassette sounds 90% as good. Usenet never changes. -- === Julien Johansson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "Row 14. No joke."