Posted by David Morgan \(MAMS\) on 11/16/16 11:52

"Mr.T" <MrT@home> wrote in message news:44b32da0$0$2899$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
>
> "Scott Dorsey" <kludge@panix.com> wrote in message
> news:e8u322$e1b$1@panix2.panix.com...
> > Back in the LP days, it was all manual, and you had to put "PLAY THIS
> > RECORD AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE" in the liner notes.


> ????
>
> LP's used compression the same as most CD's. In fact the need for
> compression was greater because of the limited dynamic range. Just because
> mastering engineers have lost their way these days is irrelevant to the
> technical necessities.
> Not only that, but with LP you *could* push the peak cutting levels higher
> than RIAA recommendations as well. It's *impossible* to push peak CD levels
> higher than Dfs though.
>
> MrT.


Careful, Mr. T.... you're preaching to the only guy on the r.a.p. who is
still making LP record masters in his basement. ;-)

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