Rolling Stones Exile On Main Street ,half-speed mastered vinyl & Postcards & COA
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Rolling Stones Exile On Main Street ,half-speed mastered vinyl & Postcards & COA.
Comes With A Half Speed Mastering Certificate, Set Of 12 Cards With Scenes & A Description On The Back.
180gm Vinyl Gatefold Sleeve.
Please note there is 2 available, 1 as been opened to show the contents & 1 is still sealed.
The 180g vinyl album, will play at the standard 33 RPM. Will bring “superior high-frequency response (treble) and very solid and stable stereo images”, which will relay every Keith Richards lick and Mick Jagger whoop, as intended by the band back in 1972.
The process involves the original master tape being played back at 16 2/3 RPM, precisely half its recorded speed, while the cutting lathe is similarly turned at half the desired playback speed.
This allows the cutting head twice the time to cut the intricate groove into the master lacquer, affording considerably more accuracy over vital sonic matters such as “frequency extremes and micro-dynamic contrasts”.
Using a modified Neumann VMS-80 lathe, described as the finest cutting lathe in the business, Showell is able to cut difficult high-frequency information to mid-range. The result is a record that is capable of “extremely clean and unforced high-frequency response.” Because both the source and the cut were running at half their “normal” speeds, everything plays back at the right speed when the record is played at home.
“It takes forever, more than four times as long as cutting a normal record,” said Showell. “It brings a clear, crisp sound with much better stereo separation and attention to detail than previous versions.”
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