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

Hello.

I wanted to share my story with you. At some point in some youtube video I heard about you. I didn’t exactly know what to think about it all. Then over time I heard more, etc. My interest peaked, I eventually went to your website and read and browsed.

I bought a NWH Waiting For the Sun. It turns out to be an original [redacted]. I have at home an original [redacted] pressing.

Just in case it matters, I use a thorens td145 with grado red, linn kairn preamp, hafler xl280,a nd polk model 10’s. So I started with side one.

My copy sounded great…that nice tubey sound…nice presence…that nice ‘OG’ special something. OK, well that was good.

Your copy however was nothing short of magical. I felt like I was at the circus. I truly was in awe of how darn sweet the sound was… each part of the sound was in its perfect place and distinguishable within this wonderful warmth with clarity and no shrillness.

I did my testing at max volume as to expose everything. The crescendo at the end of track one is one to give you goosebumps. I must congratulate you for such a truly wonderful offering. This is truly one magical sounding piece of vinyl.

Many Thanks!
Michel

Michel,

Thanks for your letter.

I think we can all agree that your system is not exactly state-of-the-art. The good news there is that it does not take a megabuck stereo to put you in awe of the albums of The Doors.

All you need is a good pressing. We are not surprised that you were very impressed with our Hot Stamper. The LP you had is from a pressing plant that we are not big fans of.

All the top pressings come from one plant and one plant only. They will always have the Gold Label, but the stamper numbers can vary. Nearly White Hot means you got a copy that was only beaten by one other, and that means it must have been very good indeed.

As for this:

[E]ach part of the sound was in its perfect place and distinguishable within this wonderful warmth with clarity and no shrillness.

That’s what Bruce Botnick brings to the table. The man engineered some of the best sounding rock records ever made.