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Loudness wars & CDs pressed in SA
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<blockquote data-quote="Steerpike" data-source="post: 76464" data-attributes="member: 807"><p>From what I recall, all CDs made here would have been pressed from stampers made overseas, or at least a ''mother' cut overseas. There would be no signal processing involved to make the bitstream different from CDs made elsewhere.</p><p>It's possible some local stampings were a bit lower on the quality control, leading to a higher error rate - which could give them a harsher sound. Although CDT in midrand did put a lot of effort into making sure their discs were as good as any others.</p><p></p><p>CDs do age - the aluminium layer degenerates forming holes. So your old discs may not sound as good today as they did in 1986, even if you now have a better player.</p><p></p><p>Early CDs were sometimes cut from a master tape optimised for LP record cutting - which can make them sound bad now, when compared to those mastered by engineers with more 'all digital' experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steerpike, post: 76464, member: 807"] From what I recall, all CDs made here would have been pressed from stampers made overseas, or at least a ''mother' cut overseas. There would be no signal processing involved to make the bitstream different from CDs made elsewhere. It's possible some local stampings were a bit lower on the quality control, leading to a higher error rate - which could give them a harsher sound. Although CDT in midrand did put a lot of effort into making sure their discs were as good as any others. CDs do age - the aluminium layer degenerates forming holes. So your old discs may not sound as good today as they did in 1986, even if you now have a better player. Early CDs were sometimes cut from a master tape optimised for LP record cutting - which can make them sound bad now, when compared to those mastered by engineers with more 'all digital' experience. [/QUOTE]
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