Our Guide to Record Collecting for Audiophiles
Wise men and women throughout the ages have commented on the value of making mistakes.
Here is one of our favorite quotes on the subject.
If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.
We can thank Tallulah Bankhead for that one.
When I think of the 20-odd years (early 70s to early 90s) I wasted trying to figure out how audio works before I had discovered how to develop my critical listening skills, it brings to mind the old Faces’ song, “I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger.”
The more mistakes you make, the more you learn.
The more you learn, the easier it is to recognize good records.
Like many of our customers who’ve found their standards raised by our Hot Stamper pressings, you may be so exhausted and disappointed by the mediocrities churned out by one label after another these days that you finally make the pledge to swear off bad records for good.
Acquiring better sounding pressings and getting rid of those that are no longer satisfying will result in a collection that is a joy to own, a collection that will provide a great deal more satisfaction than one made up primarily of collectible records.
One Test to Rule Them All
There is only one true test for records: Which ones do you want to play?
Collect those and sell off all the rest.
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