> 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. >>> >>