Are 45rpms worth the price?

For vinyl, I can HIGHLY recommend the DCC reissues for the Doors albums. They sound fantastic. (Of course they are VERY pricey!!!)

My two cents worth, regarding the Doors albums.

As far as the 45 rpm issue, I find most, (but not quite all), of the 45 rpm reissues to be better than the 33 rpm reissues. And to be honest, sometimes they are just different sounding, with different strengths and weaknesses.

However, if the 45 rpm is slightly better, then the deciding factor is "how much better" is it really?
In some cases it is minimally better, in which case the issue becomes: "Is it worth the hassle of getting up "three" times to change and or flip over the two 45 rpm records, versus the "one" time for the single 33 rpm record?"
(Notice it is a three to one hassle factor!)
Hmmmm....Something to think about, huh?!
I think that only the individual user can answer that.

I think someone should start a thread comparing their best 33 rpm version of a particular record with their 45 rpm reissue, and let us know what you think is better.
(And when saying better, try to determine whether it is marginally better, significantly better or very much better.)
And the first person who says "it blows away the other version" gets a boot to the head!
(Man, I hate that expression!)

My two cents on that topic too!

Have a nice weekend fellow music lovers!

I have bought 10 of the newer 45RPM releases and have found most to be sonically superior to other audiophile releases. The new Blood, Sweat and Tears S/T release is fantastic, bettering the Direct Disk Lab version which I thought was impossible. The OMG releases I own are all very good, especially the Johnny Hartmann. I am waiting on the Mo-Fi 45RPM release of Kind of Blue. That will be a true test

heck......I thought you were talking about "real" 45rpm records like the Keggs! Last known bought at auction went for $9,000.00. Only 17 known to exist.

45s were always cheaper, smaller shorter alternatives for getting a song you like rather than the lp. Digital downloads fill that niche these days. So now 45s are pitched as hi-er fi alternatives to the same lps. GO figure! I suppose that's progress of some sort.

Where is RaulRuegas? This reeks of an AHEE spin/plot....:^)

From the time I was a teenager, the Doors Vinyl Lps always sounded better.I played then on my Stepfathers Motorola console ok the cart wasn't the greatest but .The tube amp used and the Speakers were.When I was 21 I bought a first AR tt with a Shure cart .sold it because I didn't like changing the album ,I freaked dropping the needle when I was stoned lol.So I bought a Technics SL 1350 and Shure 100 cart it cost me $450 which was a lot old money in 1973.Sony str 7065 and Bose 901s and it sounded Fantastic  .When I played the Doors one of my favorite bands .It was killer.i didn't know anything then about 1st pressings ...But I always cleaned the record with my dishwasher brush.Which I still do 50 years later.I felted Electra  Records made great recordings.. Now I'm retired and try not to buy 45 rpm pressings because of the prices. I play my records on a Fluance 85 tt with Orton's Blue,Caryin 55 tube amp,Schitt preamp,Polk Lsim707 and it sounds great .My living room is 20 x30 and cathedral ceiling with balcony. Sound is Great.