Heaver grade vinyl vs Standard

thickness doesn't matter, but if the cost of old or new records freaks you out, don't get a turntable...or at least don't spend too much on one

In very few cases will a 180 gm, 200 gm reissue ever come close to the sound of a good original pressing. It's even more unusual to beat the original reguardless of thickness. Luckily, many times a good original can be had for 3-5 dollars verses 30-50. You just have to find them and clean them up. Whatever you may think of Tom Port, his Better Records site has opened my eyes to this. Also, Port reccomends reissues on his site that he feels do sound great and that is a very good way to steer clear of expensive disappointments when you do buy heavy vinyl reissues. Norah Jones "Come Away with Me", CSN's 1st, Supertramp "Crime of the Century", Eric Clapton "Unplugged", Joe Cocker "A Little Help From My Friends", Bob Marley "Natty Dread", Nirvana "Never Mind", Miles Davis "Kind of Blue", Sundazed "Freewheelin Bob Dylan" and "Time They Are A Changin" are a few examples of heavy vinyl reissues Port recommends and I have yet to disagree with him. This has been a great help because many reissues are really not that good(Classic's "Aqualung" Cisco's "Aja")

In most cases, originals sound much, much better than reissues. Reissues come in 180-200g and they also come with a lot of problems. 9/10 come in some way defective...warping, unknown marks on them, noisy etc. Now, I look for originals. If I cannot find them then I will go new vinyl. Sad but true

Heaver grade vinyl? Is that music that wants to make me hurl?

At least when you buy 180g or 200g there are, in most cases, 2 albums instead of 1 to show for your money. The marketing Einsteins break up 1 good album into 4 sides so we get more for our $30-$50.

Thanks guys.

Of course you have to get up every 11 minutes to change the awful recording which is either full of pops/clicks or warped like a bad pancake.

And the pigs keep feeding at the trough.