MFSL Original Master numbered recordings

[tony22]

Has anyone found that the higher numbered copies of these “limited release” versions typically sound worse than, or really not very different from, very low numbered copies?

 

[Mike Lavigne]

Has anyone found that the higher numbered copies of these “limited release” versions typically sound worse than, or really not very different from, very low numbered copies?

since there has been a digital step for a decade or more, they can make all the pressings they want from the original digital transfer pass of the analog tape. so hard to correlate a sequence number to the benefit of that particular earlier 'mother/father/metal part'. and very few numbered pressings, correlate to the actual sequence of physical pressings. it might or might not happen.

sound quality wise unlikely to matter for recent MFSL pressings. might matter for value retention/collecting purposes or resale.

 

[tony22]

Thanks Mike. The thing is some of these “limited release numbered” titles go into the thousands - sometimes over 10,000, so I was curious if, say, copy 9,999 of a given title sounded any worse than copy 99.

 

[Mike Lavigne]

Thanks Mike. The thing is some of these “limited release numbered” titles go into the thousands - sometimes over 10,000, so I was curious if, say, copy 9,999 of a given title sounded any worse than copy 99.

with Thriller it was way more than 10,000. my guess is that there is zero correlation between sound quality and number.....with recent MFSL pressings.

 

[tony22]

Thanks again, @Mike Lavigne. What threw me was I didn’t think those “Original Master Recordings” series (not the One Steps) had a digital step in the process.