What Kind of Audio Fool Was I?
When I was starting out in this hobby back in the 70s, some of the audiophiles I came in contact with preferred Half-Speed mastered LPs, others liked Japanese pressings, and almost everyone thought direct-to-disc recordings were the ne plus ultra of sound quality.
Now audiophiles appear to prefer SACDs, Heavy Vinyl and pressings mastered at 45 RPM on multi-disc sets. Same mediocre (at best!) wine, different bottle.
It is our opinion that none of these are the answer to finding and acquiring higher quality pressings.
They are relatively cheap and convenient temporary fixes, but as a solution to the actual problem facing the serious audiophile they are little more than stopgaps, and, worse than that, many will retard the progress you are hoping to make in this hobby.
For those of us who never wavered in our commitment to radical and revolutionary progress, they can be recognized in hindsight as the dead end they always were.
The path forward is exactly the path we have taken and charted for everyone.
With our approach to finding the best sounding records, cleaning them the way we do, playing them against each other the way we do, using the sound improving devices and equipment we recommend, we know you can succeed.
If we can do it, you can do it.