Down the road if in a few years you decided to sell some of your $500 Hot Stampers on the open market how much would you estimate you'd get????
The quest for the hot stamper or is it a myth
I have looked at Better Records and their belief is they have actually found the holy grail of vinyl geeks. The mysterious hot stamper. A record that has no outside evidence what actual number pressing it is. 1000 records can be pressed from a stamper before it degrades the sound. Some manufacturers go up to 1500. I have a DCC Van Halen # 778 on the record jacket and it sounds phenomenal and it should by DCC. Of course if you have Led Zep II and Bob Ludwig is in the dead wax you have a winner. I bought a Marvin Gaye "What's Going On" this year and its sounds really amazingly good. I have the 2 CD extended set and best of on record and SACD. The record not only slays them but cuts it
them up into little bits pieces and feeds it to the wolves. No contest. The sax is smooth and detailed as silk and the intro to "Inner City Blues" just makes me want to hear that over and over again. Ok I assume it was a well engineered album to begin with. Chime in on the engineering. Does anyone else believe in the hot stamper and do you think you have one in your collection???????
them up into little bits pieces and feeds it to the wolves. No contest. The sax is smooth and detailed as silk and the intro to "Inner City Blues" just makes me want to hear that over and over again. Ok I assume it was a well engineered album to begin with. Chime in on the engineering. Does anyone else believe in the hot stamper and do you think you have one in your collection???????
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Are "Hot Stampers" a myth ? An urban legend ? No. However, even careful examination of deadwax information will only take you so far. You must, unfortunately, listen through many different copies of the same title to find that holy grail, that 1 in a million copy that just sounds better. Yes the better copies are out there in the wild, just waiting for you. I have found my share, as have others. But it has been hit or miss. BR takes the time to sort through different copies to find the ideal copy that sounds best. Their time, money and effort equate to the cost they charge for a given title. You pay their price from the comfort of your home, or you spend the (considerable) amount of time to track down your hot stamper copy. For some people time really is money, and their money is better spent by purchasing the "best" copy from a vendor. All of us need to remember that every time we find a copy that sounds better, we tacitly acknowledge the business model of BR..... Disclaimer- I am not a customer of BR, nor do I expect to be in the future. |
iopscrl sums up Tom Port' business. https://www.better-records.com/product.aspx?pf_id=yes__yesal_1812 https://www.better-records.com/product.aspx?pf_id=steelcount_1812 https://www.better-records.com/product.aspx?pf_id=john_elton_1812 https://www.better-records.com/product.aspx?pf_id=beatlwhite_1812 Many of us have copies of these timeless classics. All my copies have been through 2-4 copies to get to my "hot stamper." Totaled, I may have spent up to....$150? I wonder if any of my copies are "WHS" grade? My Yes and EJ had an Audio Desk cleaning, they are quite impressive! $1000.00 for the White Album...ouch! I'm sure whoever purchases it, they have the system to appreciate it. |
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