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antenna:
The rumors from back in the day of vinyl was that CBS Records did not allow their master tapes to leave CBS.

So, when Mobile Fidelity used "master tapes" in their releases, what, really, was the source media?

 ?

 
 :(

lepa:
Original Master Tape copies?  Today DSD copies of the Original Master Tape ;D

Scobie:
First generation mastering, or "From Original Master Tapes" or "From the Lab"....yeah can be a bit of a lottery sometimes.

lepa:
Don't really care if it sounds good but of course lying is lying and that "all analog from original master tapes" has been used as reasoning for the high price also.

antenna:

--- Quote from: Scobie on February 10, 2023, 03:47:48 am ---First generation mastering, or "From Original Master Tapes" or "From the Lab"....yeah can be a bit of a lottery sometimes.

--- End quote ---

Of course, that presumes the record company is even trying.

I purchased my first CD player in May 1984. I had to drive an hour and pay $700 to get it.

Some of the early CDs I purchased (for $20+ in 1984 dollars) were (I'll be kind) less than good.

To my ears at the time, those CDs sounded like 4th or 5th generation copies of the master tape, and not even good copies.

For example, at the time John (Cougar) Mellencamp was not the star he came to be.  The CDs of his albums that I bought back then, well the phrase "lacking treble" is a start.

Sigh....

It is good to see that the record industry seems to have progressed beyond that mess of low-fi in the early days of CDs....

 
They have?  Right?

 

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