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Are 45's really THAT good?

I'm just sitting here enjoying a boatload of LP's I got for Christmas. Good stuff, Coltrane, Rollins, Davis, Krall, Clapton, etc. While listening I was skimming through an Acoustics Sound catalog. I see they sell the same recordings on 45 RPM format. The price is usually around $50 for (2) 45 LP's. I could get the same version on (1) 33 1/3 LP for half the price, sometimes less. My question, to those that have experience is:

Is the sound in 45 RPM format that much better? Good enough to pay twice as much and get up and change sides twice as often?

Happy Holidays,
John
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wcheng
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I just got both Sonny Rollins' Way Out West and Gene Ammons' Boss Tenor on 45 rpm for my birthday this month. I definitely think the 45 rpm versions are worth it for records that you really enjoy. I have both the original mono and stereo versions of Way Out West in vg+++ condition and the 45 rpm version smokes them both. Much bigger and better soundstaging and the sound is more natural. I not going to go out and buy too many 45s, but I'm definitely going to buy 45s of the recordings that I really enjoy.

Winston
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