First pressing LPs

Can I always identify first pressing just by looking at the record? Also,does it sound better in almost every case?

inna06-11-2003 12:07pm

pbb Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,140 posts 06-11-2003 at 11:09pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete They should have sent digital tapes! What a theory! The pressings from the country of origin sound best! How can a record be noisier and sound better? Vinylites always floor me. What about all the other links in the record making chain? What if the stampers are of poor quality? What if the job of pressing is awful? What if the raw material used sucks? Does every mastering facility in the USA get a first generation master tape with which to work? So many questions, so little time...
pbb Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,140 posts 06-12-2003 at 11:54am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Viridian, I started learning long ago and hope to continue on with the process. Noise is noise. Your reductio ad absurdum is delightful, if a bit off the mark. Oh, BTW, to Rockinroni: 1) a sample of one is great, but I wouldn't ask Albert Porter anything, his mind's been made up long ago, and 2)is analog better as an archival medium than digital when one considers that the sound degrades with each dub made? The only thing that has been settled is that audiophiles are a strange lot indeed. Good day.