Hot Stamper Pressings of the Music of The Who Available Now
One of our good customers had this to say about some Hot Stampers he purchased recently:
Hey Tom,
I really like all the full disclosure you have of your methods and what you pay for the records and by the time I purchase five different copies of “Who’s Next“ and figure out which one I like best I think you’re actually saving me some money and you’re definitely saving me time.
Although I will admit that my 57-year-old years and perhaps my lack of the revealing system (McIntosh MC302, PS Audio Stellar Gain Cell DAC, and Sonus Faber Cremona’s with the soft dome silk tweeter) do permit me to enjoy some of the Mobile Fidelity sound labs releases.
Thank you for your time and consideration,
David
Dear David,
Some of those MoFi records can sound passable enough, especially if you don’t have something better to compare them to. Your ears are probably fine.
As you say, more revealing equipment would expose their flaws, but then you have to acquire, at no small expense, other pressings of albums you already own, one of the most fundamental problems in trying to collect better sounding pressings.
Best, TP
We protect money because it’s visible and throw away time because it’s not.
If you burn money, people call you crazy. If you burn time, they call you busy.
We treat money as valuable because it’s quantifiable and time as disposable because it’s not.