Classical and Orchestral Hot Stamper Pressings Available Now
More Recordings that Are Multi-Miked Messes
I played a lot of different pressings of this music a while back, trying to find recordings worthy of a shootout.
My notes for this one read:
- Very multi-miked.
- No depth, but the stage is wide.
- Not warm but dynamic.
There are a lot of DG recordings that have this kind of sound. We’ve played them by the score. Most went directly into the trade bin.
We simply do not sell classical records with this kind of second-rate sound regardless of how good the performances may be.
We learned from our first big shootout for these works something that we think will remain true for the foreseeable future: the 1960 Reiner recording with the Chicago Symphony on RCA just can’t be beat.
Our Job
Our job is to find you good sounding pressings.
That’s the reason we carry:
- No Heavy Vinyl of any kind.
- Exactly one Half-Speed mastered title (John Klemmer’s Touch).
- Rarely any Japanese pressings, and
- Almost nothing made in the 21st century.
If these kinds of records sounded good compared to the pressings we offer — in other words, if they did well in shootouts — we would be happy to offer them to our customers.
But they rarely do.
Further Reading
- What to listen for on classical records
- Best orchestral performances with top quality sound
- Well recorded classical albums from the core collection available now
