[BC] CD vs LP

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Well, not direct to vinyl, direct to the master lathe(s).

There were other direct to disk companies besides Sheffield LABS,  
like Crystal Clear, and others I cannot currently remember.

The lathes create a lacquer master, which is (was) used to make  
daughters, ...

They did sound technically good, though the performances were  
sometimes lacking.  Since one mistake by anyone would make the entire  
side useless, the musicians would play cautiously so the performances  
often were lackluster.

Also, since there was no preview head to adjust the drive of the  
cutting head, the mastering engineer had to do it manually.  If he  
misjudged and made the head move too fast across the master(s), the  
recording time was limited.  If he went too slow, and the performers  
got loud, the grooves would "overlap" and the side would be ruined.

I have more than a few, and some that were recorded both direct to  
disk and digitally, then turned into CDs.  The records sounded  
better, but noisier.

It just reinforces the fact that 44.1 kHz sampling was far too low,  
and 16 bit linear was just dumb on its face.

On Sep 21, 2008, at 6:00 AM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 17
> From: "Larry Lamoray" <lists at systemsstore.com>
>
> If you ever heard any of Sheffield Records Direct To Disk LP's from
> the late 70's you would be blown away. These were recorded direct to
> vinyl - no tape. They degrade slightly as played repeatedly, but are
> still fantastic.