More Scheherazade
In 2015 we wrote:
There are certain stampers that seem to have a consistently brighter-than-it-should-be top end. They are tolerable most of the time, but the real magic can only be found on the copies that have a correct or even slightly duller top. Live classical music is never “bright” the way recordings of it so often are.
It’s rarely “rich” and “romantic” the way many vintage recordings are — even those we rave about — but that’s another story for another day.
We recently did the shootout again, and now with a much more clear, accurate upper midrange and an even more extended top end, the stampers that we used to find “brighter than they should be” are now just too damn bright, period.
We was wrong and we don’t mind admitting it.
Which leaves one and only one stamper that can win a shootout. Another stamper we like well enough to offer to our discriminating customers, but after that it is all downhill, and steeply.
Of course the right stampers are the hardest ones to find too. All of which explains why you rarely see a copy of the album for sale on our site.