Ar ethe current LP's available for $25 or so as goos as the old ones.


How about the $1500 plus ones?  Are they worth the money to people with more resources than me, or just for people who feel better about always paying a lot to try to have the best of everything?
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It’s stupid to pay for anything new the prices associated with extremely rare originals.

Original records that cost $1500 are impossible to find and for this reason they are highly collectible among record collectors (not audiophiles).

All new records must be $10, even $25 is too much for a new record or reissue.

Some amazing originals from the 70’s are still under $30 and the quality is outstanding compared to modern reissues of the same albums.

If someone trying to sell you a new record for $100 it’s snake oil and rip-off.

Audio Advisors in WPB, FL has $1500 to $2500 newly issued LP’s for their "modest" $25000 turntable.

This is absolutely insane, but we’re all know how many sick people are audiophiles.

Musicians are not crazy, their records are for everyone and they are $10-15 new.

Original records are better than reissues, only extremely rare records (impossible to find mega rarity) can cost $1500-2500 because only handful of copies left on this planet, actually those rare originals can cost even more, but not a repress in whatever "audiophile" quality.

Making reissues for $1500 is a ripoff!



chackstera: Apparenty, I was not clear enough. The thousand dollar plus ones are not reissues, but new music. AA does carry both. However, I know what sounds a lot better than a $1500-2500 LP: A CD and a trip to France... after the vaccines is proven

That's for sure, for a trip to France I can decline a CD. 

You can compare reissue vs. original in your system.
If we’re not talking about some very rare and expensive LPs then it’s very easy to buy an original and reissue will cost you probably more (especially "audiophile" pressing). Then you can check by yourself in your own system. I have never heard a reissue better than the minty original pressing.