> I think, when he says "Digital Lacquer", he's talking about an LP mastered from a digital file that's been Plangent-treated.
> 
> Peace,


Something we want to test, for sure.. 
Doug Sax several years ago led a group at AES off a cliff by showing his Sheffield vinyl, and then playing a Pantera box set selection as it was commercially mastered on CD —— from the CD… then played his cut on vinyl and it roared. Being Doug it was a setup to make a point. He stepped to the podium and informed the 300 or so impressed listeners that it was “sourced in a 192/24 straight from the Warner library”. When protests from the crowd ensued “You EQ’d it, and compressed it! and made it special!!” and he says “No the kid that mixed it did a good job, .I tried a few things and I couldn’t beat it so I cut it flat”. 
It was of course to prove a point, turning the argument into a pretzel. 
We know that the diminishment of the IM from the tape recording and playback is audible on vinyl, and that the A/D D/A step is more neutral than the distortion caused by the FM/IM being repaired. 
They had the option on the recent Springsteen releases to cut from tape or from our/Ludwig’s files and they decided to use ours. I hate to sound salesy — not the venue, but it is a technical fact we’re trying to verify — it may finally be that digital techniques have improved to the point that the vinyl can be improved by the digital step. 

Jh
On Mar 7, 2015, at 12:35 AM, Paul Stamler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I think, when he says "Digital Lacquer", he's talking about an LP mastered from a digital file that's been Plangent-treated.
> 
> Peace,
> Paul
> 
> On 3/6/2015 9:05 PM, Chris Goosman wrote:
>> Perhaps he means lacquers that have been cut through a digital delay, as
>> opposed to those that have been cut with analog decks with a preview head?
>> 
>> Chris Goosman
>> 
>> On Friday, March 6, 2015, Lou Judson<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>> 
>>> “digital lacquer” ??? what the heck is that, sounds like a contradiction
>>> in terms. Lacquer is analog and grooved. Digital is neither.
>>> 
>>> ???
>>> On Mar 6, 2015, at 6:16 PM, Jamie Howarth<[log in to unmask]
>>> <javascript:;>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>>> And then compare the digital lacquer to the one right off the tape and I
>>> know which will win but it's heresy and nobody will believe it.
>>> 
>>