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> 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.
>>> 
>>