Hot Stamper Pressings of Jazz Featuring the Piano
Robert Brook has a blog which he calls
A GUIDE FOR THE DEDICATED ANALOG AUDIOPHILE
Below is a link to the review he has written for a record we had very much enjoyed while doing the shootout for it a few years back, Down to Earth.
Lately we have been writing quite a bit about how pianos are exceptionally good for testing your system, room, tweaks, electricity and all the rest, not to mention turntable setup and adjustment.
- We like our pianos to sound natural (however one chooses to define the term)
- We like them to be solidly weighted
- We like them to be free of smear, a quality that is rarely mentioned in the audiophile reviews we read
- Here are some other jazz records with top quality piano sound
Other records that we have found to be good for testing and improving your playback can be found here.
Further Reading
- What’s the big idea?
- Hot Stampers versus collector pressings
- The worst mistake you can make in record collecting
