From jtanaka@stanford.edu Mon Jan 02 03:43:15 1995
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From: jtanaka@stanford.edu (Ji-woo Tanaka)
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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 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 lpopov@kth.se Wed Jan 04 03:28:15 1995
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From: lpopov@kth.se (Lucia Popov)
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Subject: Re: Question: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings
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In article <1995Jan02.034315.1608@stanford.edu>, jtanaka@stanford.edu (Ji-woo Tanaka) writes:
> Which European pressing has the highest dynamic range and cleanest low-end punch?
> 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.

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=== Lucia Popov ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
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From mlindqvist@inria.fr Thu Jan 05 22:14:15 1995
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From: mlindqvist@inria.fr (Matthias Lindqvist)
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Subject: Re: Question: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings
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In article <1995Jan02.034315.1608@stanford.edu>, jtanaka@stanford.edu (Ji-woo Tanaka) writes:
> Which European pressing has the highest dynamic range and cleanest low-end punch?

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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=== Matthias Lindqvist ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, INRIA Rocquencourt
"We don't sign stars. We build them."