Hot Stamper Pressings of the Music of U2 Available Now
One of our good customers had this to say about some Hot Stampers he purchased a while back:
Hey Guys,
Just wanted to pass on to you and the team at Better Records how thankful I am for what you guys do. I have accumulated 40 hot stampers since May 1st and 3 more on the way.
The sound is absolutely breathtaking, magical, mind blowing and beautiful the way pure analog should sound.
Until I listened to my first hot stamper (U2 Joshua Tree) I had no idea what I was missing!
Over the last 5 years I have spent 1000s of dollars on remastered Heavy Vinyl, MoFi and others and the sound quality is absolutely dreadful on almost every one of them. To the point where it is extremely difficult to listen to them anymore!
I am very bummed about that but life goes on. I may start selling them at some point going forward. We will see.
Silver lining, I have hot stampers to enjoy and more to purchase in the future. I am not bragging at all, but with the system I have built over the last 4 years, hot stampers are the ONLY way to go!
Thx,
Mike P.
Dear Mike,
Thanks so much for the kind words. It’s great to hear you are enjoying your Hot Stamper pressings of these wonderful albums. What could be better?
Especially now that your stereo is cookin’, as I am sure it must be.
What could be more convincing evidence than the fact that our records are sounding right and these modern remasters are falling further and further behind?
We discussed the issue in a commentary with the title: First get good sound – then you can recognize and acquire good records
You are not alone in swearing off these modern mediocrities.
I’m with you 100%. Most of them are dreadful. The worst of the ones we’ve reviewed in 2024 can be found here. It’s shocking that such crappy sounding pressings are still being made in this day and age, and sold at a premium price no less.
Many of our customers went through the same process you have, and it seems they are as pleased with the results as you seem to be.
Welcome to the world of great sounding records. You hit the nail right on the head: “breathtaking, magical, mind blowing and beautiful…” Could not have said it better myself.
Best, TP