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Poster:	Headstrung	Date:	June 07, 2012 12:32:52pm
Forum:	GratefulDead	Subject:	Re: What are 'low-gens'?

For a lot of the older anolog sources this is very important because it is referring to how many times an original source was copied. In the stereo taping worlds evolution it was reel to reel, analog cassete, PCM then DAT. Also for a while when DAT was not the normative way to trade; DAT tapers would have to either clone a copy to DAT for someone else with the correct technology or create an analog cassete master. The other item of note is that when possible getting a copy from the lead deck from a show leaves you with a better sounding source because it is coming straight off the mics.