BESIDES MOFI WHATS THE BEST L.P.s?

The only consistently stellar LP audiophile label of recent years is DCC, and they've stopped vinyl production. The early Classic Records classical releases were reportedly subpar, but every other Classic issue that I've bought has been great to my ears. MoFi LPs were really hit or miss, a lot of them having significant 'midrange suckout.' To make a long story even longer, the answer (to me) is 'it depends.' There are a lot of great LPs out there, and unfortunately, a lot of drap. Rely upon your fellow music lovers here on the site, or a good dealer. For example, in contrast to the above comments, I've found German pressings to be a bit bright, and Japanese pressings to be smoother. This difference in opinion may be system-dependent, throwing another variable into the equation. An honest appraiser of LP sound quality is Tom Port of Better Records. He has not steered me wrong, although we do disagree on a few points. But there is quite a bit to choose from out there, from new domestic pressings, imports from Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Simply Vinyl, Alto, Three Blind Mice, the indie labels, and so on. Get the low down, spend wisely, and enjoy.

I suppose it all depends on the type of music you like. For classical, the best sounding ones remain US early pressings of RCA Living Stereo and Mercury Living Presence. For classic rock, I'd differ that MOFI's always sound better. In fact, many of them sound (at least on my system) way too bassy and enhanced, although they usually are much quieter. Main reason to buy them is that they're usually (emphasize "usually") clean and in good shape as the people who invested in them tended to take good care of them. Sonically, I prefer the english pressings for the analog-like sound, but japanese pressings can sometimes provide tremendous detail (although they tend to sound a little more analytical). Bottom line, like everything else it all varies. A good place to start for specific recordingds may be may be The Absolute Sound records to die for list (downloadable free from their website www.theabsolutesound.com. Enjoy your listening,...

Telarc digital LP's were good but you won't find any rock recordings of those that I'm aware of. Sheffield's direct to disc were good. Some of the Nautilus super discs and the CBS Master Sound Series are excellent recordings. I think all of these were 1/2 speed recordings except for the Telarc, not sure what they were recorded at, but they sure sounded good to me. The best place that I have found to acquire these recordings are on ebay.com. Hey, Maybe I shouldn't have told you this, you might end up bidding against me. Just kidding, It's a blast bidding on these albums, and sometimes you really get a great price. I try not to bid on anything less than Mint (sealed) or Near Mint. You have to be careful, you could end up with some noisey LP's. I also wouldn't count out the regular LP recordings, some of those sounded super. You can find alot of those still sealed on ebay, and are a great buy. Hope this helps.

Finding a good used record store and finding many on the labels as stated by A2z I also liked alot of the polydor lps and of course the RCA Living Stereo and Mercury lps as also stated by Linamine and all the above mentioned but I do also enjoy my MOFI lps too

Classic Records, Analog Productions a very close second. Both are reissues of older works. To not buy them is to miss out, IMO. No, I have no vested interest...in fact, they owe me for all I've bought at retail, it seems to me.