Audiophile Albums....Yes indeed

Actually the New York Times is not failing, quite the opposite.  Based on the 2019 annual report:  5M total subscriptions; $800m in digital revenue - quite impressive numbers in age where newspaper circulation has declined.  I guess the only thing I have to say about those who decry “fake news” - if you smelt it you dealt it.

I think it's hilarious that anyone would criticize a general interest article (i.e. intentionally fluff) from a massively circulated newspaper as if it were a peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Audio Engineering. The target audience is just some casual reader who probably went on to read a wine review or recipe next followed by doing the crossword puzzle. Of course this is fluff and it's not disguised as anything else.  Why put so much negative passionate energy into some article written for a pedestrian audience that probably took 20 minutes to pen?  Agendas will prevail...some just can't help themselves.

Nice poison link MC

lewm,

"And maybe you get one of Mr Hutchinson’s beard hairs for free in the bargain."

I had similar thought. If someone is meticulously doing the work, wouldn’t covering the beard be a good idea? Be it for hair, or dust, or whatever else that may be falling out of there? Just in case.

By the way, how did you guys read that whole article? I saw a picture and a few sentences and then it told me I needed the subscription.

The most interesting in this article (and i didn't expect it) is that a guy behind Peacefrog label who pressed electronic dance music for decades in the 90's finally dug his father's vintage records. 

This is a natural progress for a person who owned a label before, he's been making records for the masses, now it's about passion and high-fidelity, a new label, totally different concept, i like it. 

When some rare original pressings cost $300 each easily (on ebay or discogs or from a private sellers) i am not surprises that someone willing to pay similar price for something special. I never heard about his label before and i have no idea how good they are, but audiophiles often pay a lot for the quality (even if it's the same record they already have, just better pressing:) 

But i know for sure that small reissue labels often have no clue about fidelity, they could use another record as a source (not a master tape) and they can license from the survived band member. Many reissues of some great artrists are very bad in terms of quality comparing to the originals, but the originals sometime impossible to find. 

Quality is a problem, this is why i do not buy reissues if i can find an original for affordable price.

This guy is going to the extreme, but all for the quality, i like this attitude.