Basic Concepts and Realities Explained
Finding Hot Stampers is all about doing shootouts for as many different pressings of the same title as you can lay your hands on, the more the merrier.
The kind of notes we take can be seen below. 4×6 Post-its work great for this purpose, using one per side.
We go through thousands of them every year.
Without specific notes on your records about exactly what you heard as you played them, you cannot possibly keep track of which pressings have the qualities you were listening for, and to what degree.
Extensive notes like the ones you see below are a must.
Other reviews with post-its can be found here.
We also make every effort to be very specific about the shortcomings of the audiophile pressings we review, which is why we started to reproduce our notes for their reviews when they are available.