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Hot Stamper Pressings of the Music of Paul McCartney Available Now Back in 2016 we had this to say about a copy of the album we had just played: This copy will put you front and center for the single greatest Paul McCartney recorded concert of all time. In the final round of shootouts on […]

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New to the Blog? Start Here Allow me to share a story Ryan Holiday at the Daily Stoic tells that may have some relevance to those of you who are seriously committed to improving the sound of the records you play on your stereo. Ryan writes: When Junius Rusticus handed the future emperor of Rome […]

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More Rock and Pop Vitalogy appears on the site for only the second time ever, here with incredible Nearly Triple Plus (A++ to A+++) sound throughout this original Epic pressing, just shy of our Shootout Winner – remarkably quiet vinyl too Both of these sides are tonally balanced from top to bottom, with more vocal presence […]

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Hot Stamper Pressings of the Music of Crosby, Stills and Nash Available Now Although millions of copies of this album were sold, so few were mastered and pressed well, and so many mastered and pressed poorly, that few copies actually make it to the site as Hot Stampers. We wish that were not the case […]

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Hot Stamper Pressings of the Music of Claude Debussy Available Now On this pressing we were a bit surprised at how natural the cello sounded — more like the real instrument and less like the typical recording of it.  Normally when recording the cello, the microphones are placed fairly close to the instrument. This often […]

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