Andrew Hamilton:

> Ok, but what about the stampers, which
> are neither mothers nor lacquers?

Timothy Wisniewski:

> 1 sound disc (metal mother)
> 1 sound disc (lacquer)
> 1 sound disc (metal stamper)

The first thing after the Laquer is the metal Father.

Then comes the metal Mother.

And then we get the metal stampers or more aptly put the metal Sons.

1 sound disc (lacquer)
1 sound disc (metal Father)
1 sound disc (metal Mother)
1 sound disc (metal Son or stamper)

The Laquer and the Mother can be audioned by an ordinary playback stylus.

The Father and the Sons, ( pressing stampers ) are inverted and can only be
played by a special stylus that looks like an inverted V.

 
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Goran Finnberg
The Mastering Room AB
Goteborg
Sweden

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