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What do you think of the new "Simply Vinyl" albums

I have a few of these new recordings and I am amazed how good they sound. I just finished listening to Dylans "Blood on the Tracks" and now I have Elvis on the table. I am surprised how good they sound. I have other "Audiophile" recordings in my collection but the sound of the Simply Vinyl exceeds all but the very best i.e. UHQR and some 220g MFSL stuff. These things are really good, and at $22.00 are not a bad deal. What do you think of these new LPs?
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nrchy OP
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I have bought a lot of these LPs since this thread was started and I haven't had any issues with quality control. No warps or blemishes on the LPs themselves.

Recently I have been buying directly from http://www.simplyvinyl.com. The prices are okay, but the selection is better than hunting around on some of the LP sites.

The sound quality has been very good and the selection continues to get better. Sure there's some junk there, but most of it is pretty good. I have six or seven Elvis LPs now and they continue to amaze me. I also have LPs from Dire Straits, ELO, Meatloaf, Carol King, Bob Marley, The Birds, Bob Dylan, and lots of others.

For the most part I do like them better than the MFSL LPs I have. On the few LPs I have from both companies the Simply Vinyl LPs sound more musical, and less altered.

What do you think?
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I've had good luck
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The Sundazed mono's by Dylan are to be heard!
I never thought I'd get into Dylan and I NEVER thought I'd get into mono,but these sound incredible!
I have 'the freewheelin' and 'bringing it all back home'
I haver 'blonde on blonde' on SACD and it's bright compared to the Sundazed vinyl re-issues.I originally had thought the SACD was awesome until I heard the Sundazed.
I had a Simply Vinyl 'Rumours' that was full of surface noise.I bought it from a vendor in California who offered me a trade but the shipping would have made it a dumb move.
I had a DCC 'Best Of The Eagles' I found to be so warm sounding it almost blurred the music.
Hit or miss I guess.
But for $13 the Sundazed seem like the bargain right now and they have some good selections.(sort of)
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Nrchy-thanks for the simply vinyl link,I'll check it out.
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David99 thanks for the info on the Dylan LPs. I'll have to check them out. I just got "Desire" from Simply Vinyl but I haven't listened to it yet. Their copy of "Blood on the Tracks" is really good. I'm surprised about the surface noice on the Fleetwood Mac LP, I haven't experienced that at all.

I can get the sundazed Dylan here in town so I'll have to see what's available. I did buy an Otis Redding LP from them that was in mono and I thought it was just okay. I'll keep looking.
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