Hot Stamper Pressings of Classical Music Available Now
Classical music is unquestionably the ultimate test for proper turntable/arm/cartridge setup.
The Liszt Piano Concerto record you see pictured is a superb choice for making small adjustments to your setup in order to improve the playback of these very difficult to reproduce orchestral recordings.
Here are some other reviews and commentaries touching on these areas of turntable setup.
- Tracking weight,
- VTA,
- Azimuth, and
- Anti-skate
One of the reasons $10,000+ front ends exist is to play large scale, complex, difficult-to-reproduce music such as Liszt’s two piano concertos. You don’t need to spend that kind of money to play this record, but if you choose to, it would surely be the kind of record that could help you recognize the sound quality your tens of thousands of dollars has paid for.
It has been my experience that cheap tables more often than not collapse completely under the weight of a mighty record such as this.