TBone
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https://www.discogs.com/label/367701-CBS-Mastersound
Circa ~1981, early-digital 16 bit mastered LP's.
For either bad sound quality, and/or bad equalization, this series does not have a very good reputation amongst vinylphiles.
I'm not certain that reputation is deserved, perhaps it was recording specific, not certain, I've only about a half-dozen, or so, to evaluate.
They came with this insert ...
... which tooted the advantages of digital mastering. I consistently get a kick reading the digital/analog comparison table, which list the S/N ratio as 7.90dB for digital. Obviously, a typo, not certain they fixed that error, every one of my inserts is identical.
3 versions, War Of The Worlds ...
Information about the original 1978 recording ...
-Quad 8 Recording Console.
-Studer and MCI 24 track tape machines locked using Maglink synchroniser.
-Original mixes mastered onto a Studer 2 Track 1/4 inch Analogue Tape.
Equipment used at the mastering stage (orig CD) (#91389) ...
-Modified A.T.C. studio monitors with C-Audio power amplifiers and B&W CDM 1 monitors.
-Studer A80 1/4 inch replay machine with Timelord replay electronics.
-Dolby 361 decoders.
-Analogue processors: Focusrite Blue 315 Isomorphic Mastering Equalizer. Focusrite Blue 330 Compressor.
-Analogue interconnects: EMT Barco.
-Prism Dream AD-1 20-bit A-D convertor.
-Optical Interconnect to Sonic Solutions Digital Workstation.
-Additional digital processing TC M5000 Mainframe.
-Mastered direct to CD by Sony CDW 900E CD writer with Super-Bit-Mapping.
-The War Of The Worlds Original Master BASF tape Dolby 1/4 inch.
Dynamically, they measure relatively similar. Tonally they differ ...
TB1
Circa ~1981, early-digital 16 bit mastered LP's.
For either bad sound quality, and/or bad equalization, this series does not have a very good reputation amongst vinylphiles.
I'm not certain that reputation is deserved, perhaps it was recording specific, not certain, I've only about a half-dozen, or so, to evaluate.
They came with this insert ...
... which tooted the advantages of digital mastering. I consistently get a kick reading the digital/analog comparison table, which list the S/N ratio as 7.90dB for digital. Obviously, a typo, not certain they fixed that error, every one of my inserts is identical.
3 versions, War Of The Worlds ...
Information about the original 1978 recording ...
-Quad 8 Recording Console.
-Studer and MCI 24 track tape machines locked using Maglink synchroniser.
-Original mixes mastered onto a Studer 2 Track 1/4 inch Analogue Tape.
Equipment used at the mastering stage (orig CD) (#91389) ...
-Modified A.T.C. studio monitors with C-Audio power amplifiers and B&W CDM 1 monitors.
-Studer A80 1/4 inch replay machine with Timelord replay electronics.
-Dolby 361 decoders.
-Analogue processors: Focusrite Blue 315 Isomorphic Mastering Equalizer. Focusrite Blue 330 Compressor.
-Analogue interconnects: EMT Barco.
-Prism Dream AD-1 20-bit A-D convertor.
-Optical Interconnect to Sonic Solutions Digital Workstation.
-Additional digital processing TC M5000 Mainframe.
-Mastered direct to CD by Sony CDW 900E CD writer with Super-Bit-Mapping.
-The War Of The Worlds Original Master BASF tape Dolby 1/4 inch.
Dynamically, they measure relatively similar. Tonally they differ ...
TB1