[BC] Which Master tape?

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In a message dated 09/21/2008 2:51:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
richwood at pobox.com writes:

> A cutting master for 
>  vinyl is equalized specifically for vinyl and sounds really bad when 
>  used to cut a CD. That was the problem with early CDs. The CD doesn't 
>  need the audio manipulation that's required for vinyl to keep 
>  distortion down and to prevent clobbering adjacent grooves.

As Tom O. clarified... I should have been more specific. Sorry for the 
omission.

I was, indeed, referring to the she sub-master mix, not the one EQ'd for 
vinyl. Knowing a bit about the physics of the media, I realize that vinyl pressing 
masters required special EQ settings during cutting to make playback of the 
finished product sound right. I've never heard it, but I can imagine how HORRID 
those must have sounded direct-to-CD!

I guess the next best method would be a pristine, unplayed vinyl disc, opened 
and loaded into a laser turntable in a Clean Room environment, recorded 
directly to digital and burned to CD in high quality equipment. Then compare the CD 
to the laser turntable... that would clearly reveal any coloration introduced 
by the digitization process.

Willie...