More of the Music of Crosby, Stills and Nash

Reviews and Commentaries for Crosby, Stills and Nash’s Debut

Our good customer Michel wrote to tell us how much he likes his latest Hot Stamper pressing.

Hi Tom,

As another reviewer said… it’s Alive!!

It is so surreal to hear such beautiful warm massive lush bass while simultaneously hearing the highs so well that each of the voices are able to be clearly picked out of the soundfield.

Never have I heard this one of my very very favorite LPs in such a manner. Classic Records, MFSL, Atlantic 45, ERC can all go to hell!

This pressing I just got from you of CSN’s ‘couch’ album has brought much joy to my house. The goosebumps were flowing madly during the amazing Guinevere vocals. I was truly taken aback. My stereo gave it its all and this time it delivered.

Words just don’t do enough to explain this experience. I am still in disbelief. I bought a copy of this album from you before, and it did not float my boat….but this one really hit the spot. This NWHS is a true rare gem and now one
of my most prized LPs. It’s got it ALL.

Many thanks,

Michel

Michel,

Thanks as usual for your enthusiastic letter. We aim to please and we are glad to see we were finally able to find you the sound you were looking for.

Best, TP

P.S.

You say you are “still in disbelief.” That is exactly the state of mind an especially good record can put you in. We offer the discriminating and well-healed audiophile especially good records that have the power to do that.

The Classic Records pressing Bernie Grundman cut in the early-2000s is a nice record, it does many things right, and it’s clearly superior to every original pressing we’ve ever auditioned. However, I strongly suspect that no one playing it found themselves in “disbelief” as to the quality of the sound they were hearing, although of course I have no way of knowing that.

What I do know is that the three most important words in audio are compared to what?

Shootouts are the only way to answer that question, and that is why we encourage everyone to do as many of them as you can. You will learn more from doing shootouts than you will from any other method or approach. We tell you what we think are the best ways to do them. We leave the rest to you.

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