Recently got in "Dreamboat Annie" as part of the Vinylphile series. Impressed đ
Analog Productions, Rhino High Fidelity, Original Jazz Classics - comments
I have been acquiring high-quality replacements and additions to my vinyl collection from Acoustic Sounds (Analog Productions) and everything about their engineering and pressings are stellar. Especially the UHQR and 45 RPM products. I have just placed my first order from Rhino High Fidelity and from reviews, I expect great things. Last night I came across a review of some Original Jazz Classics and it appears that they are exceptional as well. I was wondering if there are any other "Specialty" catalogs out there that are also focused on the silent heavy viny, analog tape transfers, and pristine pressings that i need to be aware of. I also have MoFi OMRs.
With any of these productions, I always look for reviews and comments concerning their comparisons to the best versions of an album before I spend the higher amounts of money.
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@whart I appreciate you spiritual view of record collecting. I stopped collecting records for several decades after one of my snotlings broke the cantilever on my Blue Point cartridge on my Thorens TT. I started back into it seriously in my early sixties when I could afford it better. Now that I have my LP12 based analog chain where I want it, I simply want to listen to whatever i want to listen to at the best possible quality/cost ratio. Quality/cost ratio sounds a bit analytical but I now have a slightly less romantic view. For the records I really love I will buy UHQR where available. If not available from Quality Record Pressings, I will research to find the best SQ available elsewhere that sometimes leads to OPs. For records I really want, I look for the best SQ issue I can find, but limit the budget to the $40 -$60 range which covers most every high SQ reissue. For those records that I should have, I look for the best SQ under $40. As for record cleaning, I have run the gauntlet and settled on the Humming Guru record washer. I only use it once per record and then follow a very strict process ever time before I play a side and also after I play a side. True or not, I feel that using a felt pad and antistat brush after each play picks up anything that may have been missed when the record was played - believing that the stylus has also performed a bit of cleaning as it traced the grooves. In between all that - I enjoy the music..... |
@slaw Thanks for the recommendation. That is one that I really need a good modern copy of. |
I tend not to purchase audiophile reissues, preferring original, or early, pressings with provenance. Now there are records that are unobtainium or usuriously priced, in which case I am glad that there is a reissue to purchase. The reissue game is pretty limiting as well, if you want to hear bluegrass, country, bossa nova, tropicalia, reggae, samba, ragtime, international or many other genres, there are certainly some audiophile reissues out there, but pickings are slim and, generally, very safe. I just donât want sound quality, or convenience, to define the breadth of music that I listen to. And I find nothing more distracting than having a record that I know well on a single disc spread out over two discs at 45rpm, which just breaks the spell for me, YMMV. The Electric Recording Company and Speakers Corner may be of interest to you for sound quality. SAM records, from France, has some adventurous product in audiophile sound quality as well. |
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