Hot Stamper Pressings of the Music of Foreigner Available Now
One of our good customers had this to say about some Hot Stampers he purchased recently:
Hi Tom,
Recently I purchased Double Vision by Foreigner White Hot stamper 3/3. I also have the MoFi #1-052 copy. Using your notes, I did a comparison of the two copies.
Double Vision WH stamper 3/3, absolutely mind bending on my system and every bit as described in the notes. WOW!
On the other hand, the MoFi copy is just like the rest of the early MoFi copies I have. They are nothing special!
The low end sounded like the sound was underwater! The midrange is smeared, harsh and very hard to listen to, especially at loud volumes. The high end (cymbals) were there but nothing special. The voice sounded like it was on a 2 dimensional plain. No depth or space around it. No extension from top to bottom, no space or air between the instruments. No 3-D to the voice.
If I had never listened to a Hot Stamper in my life, especially WH or NWH copies, I probably would have thought the sound was great.
However, your Hot Stampers (WH & NWH) have changed the game for me. I do have a system that will blow your mind and probably your socks off too.
The sound is absolutely awesome and mind bending and what an incredible spiritual experience!
Thx, Mike
Mike followed up the next day with this additional thought:
One thing I want to add to my comments. One of the most important aspects of the Hot Stamper vs MoFi….
Absolutely NO energy from the MoFi copy and TONS of energy from the WH stamper!
Yeah baby!
Dear Mike,
It’s amazing how many audiophiles do not seem to notice that Half-Speed mastered records almost always are seriously lacking in energy and musical drive, especially the rock titles.
What good is a compressed, lifeless Foreigner record? Their music lives and dies by how lively it is. The MoFi we played years ago was dead on arrival. Seems yours is too.
And if you start pulling out all the MoFi pressings in your collection, you are going to find that the other titles you own have a lot in common with your Foreigner MoFi — they’re guaranteed to bore you to tears.
Clear out that crap and put the money towards records that have real life in their grooves. Those are the ones we sell, but you can find your own using our shootout approach and the advice we give out here on the blog.
Thanks for writing.
Best, TP
Mike read this post and added the following the next day:
Read your blog, thank you for your feedback.
Recently I mentioned to Fred regarding the fact that I will no longer buy a vinyl pressing from anyone but you guys. He mentioned it is a common refrain from many of your best customers.
It is like a man being blind his whole life and suddenly being given sight! That is how powerful the experience is with Hot Stampers versus the boring…
Soon, I will start listing albums from my collection I purchased over the last 5 years uninformed by the machine (record companies) just how funny and crappy their records sound!
Happy holidays,
Mike P.