I believe they were pressed by JVC Japan. I used to have many Japanese pressings from JVC. They are translucent like SRX. I believe the vinyl compound used by JVC is close to SRX and modern equivalents. Although JVC pressings are very silent and flat I still avoid 70's reissues of Blue Note, Prestige and Riverside.Original MoFi's pressed in Japan by Toshiba are fantastic.
So true. Cannot judge an old LP by its cover or appearance. But it is very satisfying when that old LP turns out to be a gem. It bothers me much less when an old LP turns out to be a dud than when the same happens with a repress.What is interesting with a used record, the visual appearance does not help much in knowing if it will play well.
Mosaics universally sound fantasticI almost only buy Mosaic LP boxes and some seconhand classical stuff
I have a German Paranoid spaceship label that looks mint and plays horrible!What is interesting with a used record, the visual appearance does not help much in knowing if it will play well.
Is it pressing quality you are referring to George. If so I find your experience bewildering as I acquire a lot of records these days and rarely, very rarely, do I get a bad one. Also confident though that all three of my tonearms and cartridges are set up impeccably. Find little issue with pressings.Most new vinyl I have purchased recently has been so bad that I just quit buying any new vinyl. With a new DAC and maybe even a new R2R next year coming I’m not sure I’ll continue on with Vinyl if the quality of the new releases doesn’t get better.
George
Agreed. Certain labels seem to care about pressing quality more than others (I’m referring to non-audiophile labels) but some new issues are among the best-sounding records in my collection. Buy yourself a copy of Feist’s Multitudes (if you like that kind of music), released by Arts and Crafts, if you want a good example.Is it pressing quality you are referring to George. If so I find your experience bewildering as I acquire a lot of records these days and rarely, very rarely, do I get a bad one. Also confident though that all three of my tonearms and cartridges are set up impeccably. Find little issue with pressings.
That said, now are all of the vinyl records today sourced and mastered beautifully? No, because the simple fact is they never have been and that goes for digital files as well. A well discriminating analogue setup will reveal these differences every time from pressing to pressing, record to record.
Yes it is the pressing quality. My tonearm and cartridge as setup really well also and all of my old records still sound great. Very clean with very little noise. When I find an old record that I want it generally sounds good after a good cleaning. That said many if not most of the new pressing including 45 rpm from trusted sources that I have purchased in the past 2 years are just too noisy to enjoy. Snaps, pops and even scratches right out of the new sleeve. Maybe I just have bad luck ... who knows. As I will be upgrading most of my system in the next couple of years I'm finding little reason to continue to upgrade the phono front end which I know in turn will leave me less than engaged with that format.Is it pressing quality you are referring to George. If so I find your experience bewildering as I acquire a lot of records these days and rarely, very rarely, do I get a bad one. Also confident though that all three of my tonearms and cartridges are set up impeccably. Find little issue with pressings.
That said, now are all of the vinyl records today sourced and mastered beautifully? No, because the simple fact is they never have been and that goes for digital files as well. A well discriminating analogue setup will reveal these differences every time from pressing to pressing, record to record.
Is it pressing quality you are referring to George. If so I find your experience bewildering as I acquire a lot of records these days and rarely, very rarely, do I get a bad one. Also confident though that all three of my tonearms and cartridges are set up impeccably. Find little issue with pressings.
That said, now are all of the vinyl records today sourced and mastered beautifully? No, because the simple fact is they never have been and that goes for digital files as well. A well discriminating analogue setup will reveal these differences every time from pressing to pressing, record to record.
Pretty sure what we lost is the skilled labor that used to run the machines...I find this bewildering. I too have basically given up on new vinyl. It’s mostly garbage. Even if some of them can sound good the pressing and vinyl quality is horrendous. We seemed to have lost all technology to drill a clean hole in the center of something.
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