GZ pressed the VMP Miles Davis - The Electric Years box set. These are pristine sounding recordings - read other reviews of this set; most everybody considers these to be at least as good, if not better, than the MoFi ones....
Do Poor Quality Modern Pressings Provide Any Value?
Are poor quality modern pressings actually providing a valued service? Is very poor quality actually providing the consumer with a good if after purchase there is buyers remorse due to pressing and vinyl mastering quality? GZ Media is directly in my sights. I love to support great artists, but find myself either regretting purchases from this plant or now entirely avoiding supporting an artist that gets pressed here. What say you.
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@larsman why does their quality swing in such big directions. I have vastly more GZ presses that are poor versus quality pressings. I'll take unknown plants if GZ as a general rule to be completely honest. |
@larsman do we know why or how it happens? I've heard records that sound horrible compared to digital versions. Is this from how the source files are sent in? Is it from a label literally looking at this as a profit center and not listening to test pressings? It just seems even small labels wouldn't want this low quality of records to be put out, but I guess I'm just naive. I'd as a consumer pay more if labels would actually put in the work, but maybe asking for decent quality is just too much. |
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