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180 gram?

If is topic has been discussed before, I apologize.
Back into vinyl after 20-25 years. These 180 gram albums are totally new to me.
Are they worth the additional cost, do they actually sound better or are they just thicker resulting in less warping?
markeetaux
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whart
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Lee Hulko is another name to look for in the dead wax. Shown as LH. I find very little correlation between vinyl "weight" and sonics. Some of the CBS stuff from the mid '70s is on flimsy vinyl and sounds great. Ditto some of the UK RCA's from that era. So much depends on the source material, copy used for mastering, the mastering and country to country variations even using the "same" mastering, including pressing plants, it is a small factor. Remember how much difficulty Classic Records had when they went to 200 grams and changed the profile of the record? Lot's of quality problems for a while.
czarivey
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Classic Records 200g reissues are really poor compared to most of originals.
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