AudioBanter.com - View Single Post - Why are the hits frequently the last (most distorted) track on the side??

From: "Arny Krueger"
Date: 5/6/2004 1:26 PM Pacific Standard Time
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S888Wheel wrote:

IME the best sounding LPs were not mastered on metal. I think there
is evidence via the product it produces that the current cutting
lathe at RTI is superior to any lathe preceding it. That would make
for a fairly recent improvement in the state of the art in production.

The main new technology at RTI appears to be the "Zuma" Zumaudio cutting
computer. Other vinyl mastering labs also seem to have them, and at least
one has already come up on the used equipment market. Cutting computers
primarily increase the amount of audio you can get on a side. Sound quality
benefits are secondary. Zumaudio's web site seems to be in the twilight
zone.

There is this.

Our philosophy is to provide the most transparent audio system possible. Any
desired coloration, therefore, may be added by signal processing, not the
system itself. In order to fulfill this goal, most of the analog electronics
were built from scratch. Our system features custom transformerless, discrete,
pure Class-A electronics from tape head to cutterhead. It was designed to
retain all of the warmth, punch and detail recorded on your master.