Most of the audiophile reissues I have purchased (usually under $50) have been good. But there have been some real bad ones… I remember getting one of my favorite albums from my youth, Who’s Next, and being completely disappointed… thick vinyl, terrible sound.
Vinyl Buyers: The Premium Price Vinyl v. Cheap Vinyl Ratio
The market share of vinyl in new recordings is driven to a large degree by willingness of vinyl buyers to pay premium prices. Nevertheless, there is a huge pool of cheap vinyl out there; records that sold millions so there's hundreds of thousands of copies on the market and on down. To listeners who buy a lot of vinyl these days, what is the ratio of your budget between premium price/collector price albums vs. low price albums?
Personally, when I buy vinyl it's usually things that never came out on CD, which is often quite reasonably priced, but the sticking point is the price of pandemic era shipping, which is staggering. There was a seller of English folk music on Discogs who offered free shipping on orders over the equivalent of US $250, so I started tossing things and tossing things into the shopping cart (or basket, as they call it in Blighty) to get up to that figure. I finally wound up spending $350. I would say about $150 of that was collector-price items.
Personally, when I buy vinyl it's usually things that never came out on CD, which is often quite reasonably priced, but the sticking point is the price of pandemic era shipping, which is staggering. There was a seller of English folk music on Discogs who offered free shipping on orders over the equivalent of US $250, so I started tossing things and tossing things into the shopping cart (or basket, as they call it in Blighty) to get up to that figure. I finally wound up spending $350. I would say about $150 of that was collector-price items.
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Yeah, I've had trouble finding decent price good-sounding Who albums, both early pressings and reissues. One exception is this reissue of Quadrophenia https://www.discogs.com/release/3353094-The-Who-Quadrophenia Cheers, Spencer |
@millercarbon I'd love to hear your Hot Stampers! Would there be a 2 drink minimum cover charge to contribute to the $600 Mingus? :) I tell ya though, I am curious about them. But paying $300 on up for a standard issue will take a special record to me that I know the sonics of very well to even consider. |
Angel's Envy Finished Rye will get you an all day Hot Stamper demo. I know what you're thinking, this is gonna be one of those strain to hear it kinda things. Not even. This is more like can't believe this is so obvious. This is like you don't even need to compare, simply hear Sinatra-Basie and done. The worst one I have, in terms of the non-Hot Stamper coming close, is Silk Degrees. But with that one it is only close because the Hot Stamper has so much more surface noise. Sound-quality wise even that one is no-contest. The eponymous Fleetwood Mac, and Rumours. Nilsson Schmilsson and A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night, TP Southern Accents (another one so good no comparison necessary, you just use one hand to keep the jaw off the floor), Damn the Torpedoes, Honky Chateau, Don't Shoot Me, GBYBR, Tchaikovsky 1812, Paul Simon, some others I'm forgetting. You'll get your Finished Rye's worth. |
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