Audio Advice

This page is a work in progress. Please check back from time to time for the latest additions.

Here are a few commentaries to help you get started on the road to better sound.

Audio Progress Is Key to Finding Hot Stampers

It’s not easy — nothing is in fact harder. However, if your approach to audio is clear-headed and evidence-based — in other words, scientific — progress is not only possible, it is virtually guaranteed.

Most of the listings compiled here describe lessons we’ve learned from playing so many records over the years. If you play lots of records and listen to them critically, some of them will teach you things about audio that you cannot learn any other way.

Progress in Audio

Practically all of our audio philosophy derives from the simple act of trying to get our system to play the greatest recordings of all time with the highest fidelity possible, including this group of challenging, difficult to reproduce albums.

Record Cleaning

Setup and Playback