TRANSCRIPT / MP3 So, vinyl masters. There’s no reason why you should need a different master for vinyl than you do for CD or streaming. It depends how far you want to go with your vinyl master, but if you’ve mastered it correctly, it should translate straight to a cutting lathe, and they wouldn’t need to put any filters on it. The reason they do that is that the lathe doesn’t like essy noises. The stylus goes left to right when it’s in the top end which has high-speed frequencies. If it’s super bright in there, then it goes fast,...

this is the daddy of the DACs. Well, it's not the daddy because there is actually a company called Dad, who make DACs, but this isn't it. This is the Bricasti M1. Bricasti are known for doing reverb units but they also have built a ridiculous digital to audio converter. Now, this thing, as you can see, I can't hold up for too long because it weighs a tonne, although it's made out of aluminium. It's one piece of cast aluminium around it, as you can see. They don't want rattly parts. Although you can hear that rattling, if you...