Letters Comparing Hot Stamper Pressings to their Heavy Vinyl Counterparts

One of our good overseas customers had this to say about the records he was purchasing before he found out about the superiority of our Hot Stamper pressings:

Hey Tom, 

I am of the opinion not that Heavy Vinyl is the problem, it is how the music is treated [processed] until it is pressed on the Heavy Vinyl. In any case, Heavy Vinyl is a crime against the environment. It is pure marketing.

But less than a year ago I was in the same trap. Unfortunately I need to admit that.

Dear Sir,

Glad to see you have taken Step One, which is recognizing and admitting you made a mistake when you bought all those rarely-better-than-mediocre Heavy Vinyl reissues.

You believed the reviewers and the forum posters and found out the hard way that none of those folks can be trusted to know what they are talking about.

The next steps are even easier.

Stop believing these people, buying the records they recommend, and take all the money you were wasting on that crap and buy yourself some amazing sounding Hot Stampers with it.

Many of our customers went through the same process you have, and it seems they are as pleased with the results as you are.

Like the old saying goes, if you find yourself headed down the wrong road, stop, turn around and start walking in the other direction. Record collecting is easy once you understand it.

It took me 30 years, from about 1975 to about 2005, to figure out the basics, but thankfully we all are here now, with this very blog to help everyone on the journey of a lifetime.

Knowing how to find good vinyl pressings has taken this hobby to levels unimaginable to my younger self, and it can do the same for you.

Thanks for your letter,

TP