Comments by "nuqwestr" (@nuqwestr) on "Vinyl Records | Made in Germany" video.

capitolemiproducer: Sorry, I worked with pressing plants at JVC in Japan, and Telefunken in Germany, both worked the same, and at my plant in Burbank CA, using Toolex Alpha presses, our vinyl was equal or even superior to JVC Japan. The main difference in Japan was quality control and the vinyl PVC they used.... extreme CLEAN ROOMS, where the records were pressed, and because of U.S. environmental restrictions, the chemical stabilizers in the Japanese vinyl made them better, too. U.S. vinyl could not use the same chemical catalyst after 1974 or so, and why U.S. vinyl prior to that is still so good. A lot of this history is lost. If you are at all connected to Capital Records pressing, then you should know this guy, he hired me, and taught me the pressing business: https://patents.justia.com/inventor/csaba-k-hunyar
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poly, remember that the multitrack tape is mixed DOWN by a mastering engineer in the process of making a 2-track stereo lacquer master. This is the hidden art of vinyl records, which requires the dynamic range to be narrowed and balanced so the needle tracks and does not jump the groove. This is why a vinyl record will almost always sound different than the tape master. I worked in a mastering lab and saw many bad lacquer masters hit the trash bin before one was made that tracked right. CD vs Vinyl ? Apples and Oranges.
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Process: Lacquer Disc Coated with Silver then electroplated with nickel nickel pealed away revealing the negative groove 'master' 'master' electroplated to make 2-4 'mothers' 'mother' makes up to 6 'stampers' stampers are used to press the vinyl you can get 1,000 pressings from stampers, sometimes more, sometimes less. We pressed (1977) 500,000 Elvis, Moody Blues on 'Blue' vinyl from one nickel master, not all good.
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