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Old 10th January 2007   #19
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Originally Posted by bob katz View Post
That's good to know, Paul. I guess it has to be described what that "level" is, compared to standard cutting levels, not monster levels, of course.

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I think in a situation like you describe the EE would get you a safe extra 3dB or so. It's hard to tell without cutting it. Like with tape, cutting at reasonable levels helps for fidelity. The noise floor in the cut will be close to 10dB lower than tape cut as a flat transfer with no level change. You would just have to hope for a quiet pressing. You will loose some of that noise floor in the pressing. Just hope for a healthy regrind percentage. Virgin is for suckers.
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