Better Records vs MoFi


I’ve read about Better Records on the site. They listen to endless copies of records & separate out the amazing sounding pressings. I can understand because of many variables, some sound better than others. But, can a great sounding regular pressing sound better than a half speed master? Doesn’t a HSM have more music data on it?

I don’t want to go down a rabbit hole. If the BR premise holds up then there are certainly better pressings of Dark Side of the Moon etc. I’m not concerned with that. I’m also not interested in cost or “X sucks, I’d never buy one.”

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Shill? No, just a fact. Their pressings of Aja are relatively more expensive because it is a $10-20 record. When the source LP is $50-100 plus (sticky fingers) it is a different story. 

Do I have to pay an annual membership to be part of the Golden Ear Club?  When I read about $900 LPs I want to scream "Stop The Madness".  But wait, why not just start buying all your records from https://electricrecordingco.com/ who are producing brand new limited edition pressing from the original tapes for the low cost of +/- $500 each?  I know it's your money and I have zero right to tell you how to spend it.  But be honest.  Don't you get just a little embarrassed even talking about $500 records?  🤔 

"White Hot Stampers $600-900" - just the thing for new dot.com millionaires to play on their new $60K Linn Sondek 50th Anniversary TT's.

Clever marketing can turn a $2 Goodwill LP into a $600 White Hot Stamper! The gold rush is on!

OP, It all starts with THE original master tape as the source. Did the big music companies really use THE originals to press 100k copies? No. They made safety copies.