Overpriced vinyl records and audiophile Rip Off! 

Thank you very much.

I do own some mofi albums and they do sound good. However when you put them up against modern reissues that have had some care taken then I really can't distinguish anything between them. Yes the audiophile pressings have the advantage that there is access to the original source tape where is original pressing could have been for many generations down depending in the world where they were manufactured. However as I said in the video and in other posts why are these albums so expensive compared to standard 180g reissues. Quite often are cut by the same mastering engineers that do the regular releases. It's because of the old psychology that expensive is better.

​@@MatthewNorthMusic I largely agree. I live in Switzerland and wear a EUR 270 automatic German watch because expensive is NOT always better and I derive pleasure from the rare discoveries when LESS expensive is AS good. But I honestly think it only goes so far in vinyl. I'll reference my experience with two MOANIN' (Art Blakey) pressings. My first was the 2012 European WaxTime pressing and I replaced it with the 2021 Blue Note Classics cut from tape by Kevin Gray and pressed at Optimal. While it's not one of my favorite records at all, there is an undeniable difference in audio quality between the two. WaxTime is your typical digital-sourced LP and the Blue Note is the offspring of analogue obsession. Now in this case, this AAA cost what it should and was actually a great deal by today's standards. It could've just as well come in a fancy box. My ultimate audiophile experience of reference, however, is the AP pressing of Muddy Waters' FOLK SINGER. OMG if there ever was a reference, this is it, Matthew. Cheers and thanks again. ​

@@MatthewNorthMusic it would all depend on your system, if you have decent setup you will hear difference

@Dariusz Salamon I tend to agree, although my system is nothing special -- RT85 sporting a Hana SL, with a Pro-Ject DS tube PA. I'm very happy with it, although it's probably not "audiophile." If the difference is there to be heard, I can usually hear it. That said, I do not hear any difference between the 33rpm UHQR of KIND OF BLUE and the 45rpm UHQR, for example. I definitely believe the difference is there to be heard by some on certain setups. There is a bit of religiosity in this hobby, and it's not worth the investment if you can't hear the improvement.

@@austinhunt4260 try others like Jethro Tull Stand Up and many more, Jethro Tull ain't audiophile recording but what AP did is just plain amazing, as fas as blue note original master tape, they are recorded well but today standards are different as far as recording, I collect them all because I compare them to high res files played through my R2R dac and they are acceptable but not that close to classic or tone poet releases

Acoustic Sounds is pretty much garbage. 95% of their releases are pointless. Originals often sell for a fraction of the reissue price. He's just a salesman, and he's created a dialogue to sell his product. It's so bizarre how people worship this dude when he himself has no creativity, he's just a businessperson.

Chad in my opinion is no better than a used car salesman. His motto of “buy now, cry later” contributes to the problem of FOMO and drives up prices

Thank you very much I do have an audiophile shoot out video in the works coming soon. :)

I have something planned along that line for a future video.

I'm sure it sounds very good. It should do for £200. My point is is it worth £180 more than if you bought hi res audio from HD tracks? is it worth £195 more than buying a CD of it ? How can you really tell if you say over 50 and like 98% of people over 50 cant hear over 15k. And the bottom line is that 1959 recording equipment is probably NOT up to the same technical standards as a 2022 Audiophile Hifi System anyway. Stay tuned. A Similar video about £200 gold plated phono cables will probably come along soon enough,,

@@MatthewNorthMusic I have heard these same arguments from those that have no experience with what they are criticizing. And the argument regarding whether you can hear high frequencies at the age of 50 is not telling the whole story. Yes high frequencies can’t be heard. But you are “assuming”. every listener in the world above 50 is simply fooling themselves by spending their own hard earned money on high frequencies the6 can’t even hear. So “you” are smarter than everyone else because “you” figured this out, while every single well to do, probably well educated person that can afford these records are just lying to themselves and they do NOT hear “any” difference at all, right? The are all Liars, right? Think about it man. Your commenting on something you don’t know about, because “you” have not even heard it. And yes, a low end stylus, will NOT give you the same experience. Their is a price for entry in to this realm and it does not cost tens if thousands of dollars to get there.

I'm not calling anyone a lier. If you have the same amp same deck same LP and have 5 different sets of speakers guess what every playback will sound different. Because it's speakers more than anything else that changes the sound of audio to the biggest extent. If an LP is cut from the same source as a cd, SACD, standard LP whatever the differences will be tiny if the transfer and cutting has been done properly. On akob someone made reference to the balance of piano Vs drums being different this is pretty much impossible if you are working from the same 2 track master tape. If the balance is noticeably different then a lot of post production work will have been applied and if so this could then be transferred to cd and to most people ears sound the same.

@@MatthewNorthMusic people have a hard on for packaging and a black plastic disc.

@@MatthewNorthMusic I recommend you A/B one of the all analog Blue Note vinyl reissues vs a CD or a vinyl pressing from a digital source. These are reasonably priced and sound fantastic. It’s nothing to do with high frequency hearing, the mid range is way more natural on some of these all analog pressings. The value is it’s much closer in terms of fidelity to the natural sound of an instrument. Same deal with Analogue Productions. You make some good points but the one you’ve made about the perception and therefore value attached to audiophile remasters appears to be based on assumptions rather than trying for yourself.

I hate the bulky, unnecessary and ugly packaging of UHQR.

@@fabe8204 it looks like encyclopedia Britannica lol

Listen to a Hi Res digital version of it for £20 and you will sob in how much money you wasted. . . .

Yep, and this fellow has not for sure. he knows nothing about Chad Kassem at Analogue Productions its all analog no digital in the chain at all.

The 1997 cd using a tube tape deck sounds great

I do as well, I like the convenience of my Ipod. of only there had been an Ipod such device that had like 4TB of storage it would have been fantastic for HD Audio.

HD files of analog source would need to be mastered right with right equipment, very often that is not done as it should that is why I prefer vinyl cut fully AAA because digital done incorrectly cannot compare

I remember HMV sales in the early 80s most fondly because I was able to buy all the albums I really wanted about 6 months after release for half the price. Such great albums has meat is murder by The smiths and alchemy by dire straits spring to mind.

There is a lot in that. There is this expensive is best attitude for sure.

I think you need to move that decimal point to the left by a couple. While I agree albums are too expense -- the quality of a well mastered and transferred album sounds worlds apart. I had an album which I thought sounded great and then listened to reissue and it sounded fabulous compared to the original album which sounded heavily compressed by comparison. I can't stand listening to the original, it's that big of a difference.

@@FogAndLime More like a 70's rock album and I listen to all types of music. I will more than likely pick up a couple of Van Halen reissues. i.e. I also have Chicago CTA from both Analog Productions and MoFi -- both are good but I prefer the MoFi version. Why the hate for the 90's?

If you want the best of everything. Blu Ray audio is where it's going to be.

still not that great for all analog masters

Exactly, if your system can't resolve the fine details, then doesn't make sense to buy records you can't appreciate. But, if you have spent multiple thousands of dollars for audiophile quality sound, then these recordings can sound unbelievable. My wife is a big "Yes" fan, and we just bought Close to the Edge, that is directly mastered from the analog master tapes to vinyl, and she was astounded that an album she has heard a thousand times, had instruments and sounds she has never heard before. Yes, it was worth every penny of the $55.00.

@@pnichols6500 I bought the 45 RPM edition of fragile, and at some points it doesn’t even sound like the same recording, in a good way. There’s more transparency and more separation between the instruments in it quite phenomenal.

Sorry but this is absolute rubbish. I have spent 30 years in broadcasting engineering among other things. There is physical limites to what can be achieved to say you need a £25k hifi to appreciate a £200 pressing that you can't appreciate on say a £1000 hifi system is total rubbish. This is the legacy of the audiophile. People that play records to listen to there hifi and pat themselves on the back because they feel they have done the right thing spending tens of thousands on overpriced hifi with the £100 phono cables and never forget how the gold plated mains connectors and stupid conditioning transformers really make a noticeable difference in the sound. Spoiler alert they don't !!

@@MatthewNorthMusic The greater transparency, detail and deeper soundstage on your best pressings can be fully appreciated on your better stereo equipment. I have had equipment that didn’t offer the best imaging as well. If you don’t appreciate it, well, that’s fine too.

@@MatthewNorthMusic I have two different systems, both are nice, but one has more resolution and sounds more musical, also happens to have cost more. You can say I can't hear a difference until your dick falls off, but even my wife is blown away by the more expensive system .

Thank you

I agree there are a lot of quality control issues these days. Its a shame that 10-15 years ago most new vinyl was of a pretty decent standard.

@@MatthewNorthMusic I bought a lot of Jazz-Funk reissues in the 90's. Most of them were good quality pressings.

you can always buy and return on amazon talking about new vinyl, I order a lot of titles and my exchange rate is about 2-3%

@@dariuszsalamon9441 I didn't use Amazon for a over a year and they just cancelled my account because I hadn't ordered in over a year! But when I did order new vinyl that's what I did.

It's not at niche as it was in say 2006 when high quality pressed lps sold for way under £20 as standard

@@MatthewNorthMusic I was buying mostly CD then or the odd charity shop LP then so I don’t remember those prices. Presumably prices were lower because the lp market wouldn’t bear any more. My head is stuck in the late 70s and early/mid 80s where an lp cost between £3.50 and about £8 depending what it was. An album costing £7 in 1986 is the equivalent of £26 today, taking inflation into account. My brain rails against the price, because I can’t help thinking an lp should cost around a fiver as it did in my youth. The £7 price reflected the need for the record company to recoup costs and make a profit though, so why it costs £30 today is down to exploiting the market. The bubble will burst eventually.

Every cd is remastered in some way. This one sounds great to me was from around 2007.

I would assume most people have there turntables set up properly.

@@MatthewNorthMusic it's NOT the set up, it's the TYPE of needle in the stylus/cartridge... Elliptical, spherical, ... and all the other more sophisticated geometries.

What about a £150 audiophile pressing and a £25 high quality 180g well cut LP eg music on vinyl ?

@@MatthewNorthMusic idk, sometimes there is a noticeable difference and sometimes its just an attempt to grab money from collectors. There is definitely a big difference between a good pressing and a not so good pressing, nobody can argue that. I mean, if its your favorite album, you have a good enough stereo system, you enjoy listening to music, why not buy the best possible pressing you can afford?

Those were the days :)

There was no such thing as the euro in 1968 .

For sure some re issues will sound better, esp if they came from the source tape, maybe with the odd flaw removed as well.

people care too much about grading details-----another audiophile obsession. if it doesn't skip and plays relatively clean it's fine.

I spotted both of the suede album for that price. Shame I don't like suede!

@@MatthewNorthMusic 🤣 can’t please everyone!

out of interest have you played the same album as hi res digital ?

No, but I see that for $25 I can get the high res from HDTracks so I am going to do just that.

Adjust the bass control on your receiver for more bass. I'm sure the MOFI boys sure did. They like to goose over there.

@@MatthewNorthMusic I did compare many High Res to so called Audiophile records and if high res conversion is not done by using high quality ADC and if you don't have decent quality DAC in your system vinyl sounds always better of course if your analog playback is good quality, I own Denafrips DCC connected to Pontus 2 R2R DAC and it sounds really good but I still prefer my VPI Prime Table with 10inch toneram, HANA ML cartridge and Ayre K3xe fully balanced preamp with fully balanced phono stage build in, my turntable has XLR junction box so I don't hear too much noise even at loud levels out of my analog system, before I switched to XLRs I used RCAs and was getting lot of noise at high levels

Are they so good that they are worth 10 times what you pay for a 'normal' 180g LP sometimes from the SAME master tape ? And quite possibly cut by the same engineer?

No of course some are not worth it but sometimes to get originals they are even more expensive also I am talking about analogue productions and they are making great records at the moment and yes they are very expensive to import because of shipping and Duty. I have a mix of originals and even digital repressses which some are great all iam saying is Analogue Productions are making some great records at the moment but of course Lots of people can't afford them so they won't buy them does that mean it's a rip-off? Music is always the first thing that matters so just buy it the best way you are comfortable with. Most audiophiles will always buy the original press but sometimes that's not possible.

Always like to help people not waste money.

My god !!!!

One of the main things you're probably noticed from the CD compared to an original pressing of a kind of blue is it a running a slightly different speed.

I would agree though in general terms that an original pressing manufactured in the country where the album was recorded and therefore has minimum amount passes from master tape to lacquer will in most cases sound better. However if you take the original master tape and you make a very high resolution digital transfer i.e. Neil young kind of sampling rate. You can remaster the album to a much higher standard than you ever could using a tape machine to analogue equipment straight to disc. If you then cut this to a lacquer then you will probably get a better sounding record. Rather you will have a more accurate sounding record but that is not to say that is how the record should sound. For example some audio files have complained about the pressing quality of the Beatles singles box set however if you compare one of those singles to an original pressing they're very close because the whole point of pressing Beatles singles in the 60s was to make the sound loud and exciting. Anyway I don't know why I bothered so much about mentioning a kind of blue I don't even like it all that much. Decoy is always my favourite miles Davis album :)

@@MatthewNorthMusic Yea thats the process Mofi uses and their records are not better sounding. Even more proof this is not true. I have compared many records that had a "high resolution digital transfer" and the original sounded better. Not only to me but to my friends also. Neil Youngs albums that were done analog are pressed all analog from Neil , no digital step.

Why thank you very much. In the main with lps I usually prefer a good first press to anything else.

not all ogs are good sounding

@markboy Could you afford your Blue Note OG pressings today?

@@arize84 This is a bit of a complicated yes and no answer. If I were to buy new re-issues or search directly on eBay then no. With regards to eBay I tend to look for job lots that contain recordings I want (sometimes first-presses (blue note, verve, Decca etc...)). I also tend to look around record shops too. The laws of supply and demand often work in my favour as I collect Jazz and classical records. Even though some are valuable to collectors like me, they are of little value to the core clientele of some shops, so they tend to shift them cheap (and probably still make a bit of profit) to free up the space. Good stuff can sometimes be had in charity shops as well, always worth a look. I completely agree with what you are getting at with your initial question, no I couldn't afford them right off the bat, and I'm not prepared to pay obscene prices. It's hard work but bargains can still be had.

@@dariuszsalamon9441 In some cases I agree, re-issues (from the LP-era that is) sound better. Sometimes the poor sound quality people mention, especially with mono records, is the fault of stereo equipment and not the LP. Microline and Shibata and sometimes even hyper-elliptical styli frequently don't work well with older mono records, they track poorly compared to the conical styli of the day. I use two turntables, one fitted with a restored mono pickup, and the other for stereo records. Mono switches on pre-amps also work wonders if you can't easily short out the terminals on a stereo pickup.

These audiophile LPs were well expensive back in the 80s!

Actually in the 1980s , records were even more expensive than they are today given the inflation that has occurred. Middle aged people these days are starting to talk like our parents when we were younger. Of I used to buy a loaf of bread for $0.50 US. Now a loaf of bread is $4. Is the bread worth $4? Yes because it’s 2022. In 1980 the right price was $0.50.

I simply don’t understand your argument. Sounds like your upset you can’t afford more of these records. If that’s the case, your doing just fine finding deals on Originals. But t9 say the manufacturing of many audiophile records is not valid. You first of all need to actually purchase some of these higher end audiophile records to be able to properly comment on them.

Yet Music on Vinyl can produce superb sounding LPs graded my many as Audiophile to sell for £20 ?

A lot of 90s vinyl and early to mid 2000s commands a high price, for the simple fact stuff was made in small numbers. Some of the mid 2000 vinyl is great, Kraftwerk Minimum Maximum I regard as one of the best pressed LPs of all time.

British pressing of genesis titles are much better than US, only good US pressings of Genesis were done by Classic Records

you never try real analog rig so you don't know what you are missing and not talking here about 20GS turntable

My main deck is a garrard 401 I also have a heybrook which is basically a very good clone of a lynn

@@dariuszsalamon9441 Most people are priced out. I'm worth a decent amount yet watch every penny because I want to retire and we have a down market for a decade or so. Inflation isn't good for portfolios and if you lose money during that time frame, it's twice as bad. Live on austerity and don't take a double hit by withdrawing.

@@dariuszsalamon9441, you're making assumptions here. What do you regard as a real analogue rig? Im comfortable at the price and happy with the performance of my Systemdek, Roksan Tabriz and Ortofon Red. If I had money for high end gear, I would upgrade the room it sits in :) The fact remains, with my money and importantly, my ears, CD wins.

@@screen54 not making any assumptions, Happy New Year to you if your analog sounds less than CD you are missing something, good mastered and cut vinyl sounds much better than CD

There are some VERY good modern pressings some regard Music on Vinyl as an audiophile label, and though they don't have all the fandom of UHQR I do think they sounds great, and I've not paid more than £20 for any of them.

With streaming, don't worry about the service going bankrupt but worry about who has the rights to the music not signing the contract. What did you have to say about the about-face reversal that Mike 45RPM and Michael Fremer made once the emperor (MOFI/most modern pressings ) was revealed to be naked (digital)? They were saying "lovely" and "wonderful" because they had nothing else to compare. They could have bought 10 different pressings but with import duties, VAT, and shipping it's unrealistic. That's why well regarded reissue labels and first pressing in country or origin are a general rule. If you look at a sneaker early in it's usage, it has fewer wear marks. Same logic applies to the masters and their relative usage. If most are priced out of a mass market hobby, then it's bad news for the rest who collect. That already happened in the 90's, remember? If stores can't make a profit because volume isn't there then they'll close. I enjoy a car stereo for what is as most music was designed to sound good over that medium. If you reduce the orchestra to only Strads, then you won't have much of an orchestra. Someone once told me you could play 100 versions of an album and he could tell you which one was his. Enough said! If it's a mass produced product, it should all sound the same. Many reissue labels like Mofi goose the bass because audio "fools" refuse to use equalization and view it as contamination.

@@DorianPaige00 You make a good point about ownership of the music, but if your internet is down in your area, due to weather or etc, you have no music if you stream. If Tidal, Qobuz and Deezer or whatever you have is out of business, your library and choices are gone, no matter if these streaming companies have the rights to the artist or not. I actually addressed Michael 45rpm, about originals and being able to make fair comparison based off of originals because most of my collection is originals. When you talk about Audiophile labels goosing the bass, well even the mighty Bluenote and Vangelder goosed the bass down so that the recordings would sound more uniform across the systems of the day. A ton of manufacturers did this equailization back in the day, so it's nothing new. When we talk about a mass produced product and something sounding the same, its far more complexed than that. A ton of mixing Engineers, bring their own talents and faults to the mix and can either make improvements based on skill or absolutely destroy an original because even the original engineer made compromises based off of equipment choices at the time or their bosses decisions. It comes down to the age of the person and their hearing, what room are you playing your music in and is that room Acoustically treated, either naturally with pictures and carpet or are you going full bore panels. What type of system do you have, amplifiers, preamp, turntable, cartridge and phono preamp. Now notice I never mentioned expensive in that mix because it doesn't have to be with the advent of the used market. You can have a 25,000-50,000 system in a bad room for that system and speakers and have worst sound than a 1500-2500, 5000-10,000 system. You can have speakers and subwoofers that over pressurize a room and sound horrible. What we need to seriously get away from in this community is the NAME Calling. Someone doesn't need to be an Audio Fool, because they are an Audiophile. They may have a different priority than you. If we go buy that logic, then we have people that are Motorcycle fools, House fools, bicycle fools, watch fools, Home and Garden fools, Photography fools, Golfing Fools, Basketball Fools, Football Fools, Car Fools, Cleaning Fools and the list can go on and on. Part of the Fool thing comes from jealous and envy, which bleeds into condescension. Never try and put yourself in someone else's space based off of your finances because it's a fools errand. Audiophiles to a degree have done this to themselves by being arrogant and obtuse. Non Audiophiles are also responsible because they judge based off of the money spent, envy and a feeling that the Audiophile has made them feel inferior. No one can make you inferior, but yourself by believing in it and if you do that is your own fault. Be happy with who you are and what knowledge that you bring to the table and use this as a guide to your record collecting process and audio journey, because if you do, you won't care about what someone else has or what they call it. I'm an Audiophile and very proud to be one because I have been on both sides of this spectrum and evolved from both sides of the Audiophile argument and I believe in letting others live in their own space without the name calling that frankly goes nowhere. My wife could careless about Audio and a good system to her is her Apple I-phone and Bluetooth Speaker, but she has amazing hearing and she can pick things out of a mix without being told to do so. My wife hates that I made her aware of certain things sound wise, but that's just it reviewers of music and gear are taught what to listen for, which is why they can pick out spacial cues, like Michael Fremmer. I also agree with your implication that some of these Audiophiles feel foolish because now that they know that their favorite albums, like Santana "Abraxas" are from digital, they are loosing their minds, want to sell their collection and file class action lawsuits. Again most of my Mofi one-steps are a small amount of my over all collection of 7000-8000 records and 10,000 cds, 100 tapes in both reel to reel and cassettes. I maybe have 25 one-steps and 75 original Mofi, if you consider the Mofi of old the white and black label stuff before the One steps. I only own three UHQRs. The big problem that I have with MoFi, is that they lied, that's right outright lied about the process. Will I still buy them, sure, will I sell my Mofi collection based off of that lie, no. That lie didn't change the way the records sounded, either good or bad, but now it provided clarification so that better and more informed purchasing decisions could be made. I have Mofi One-Steps that I pointed out to others that I thought sounded not as good as originals and some that I thought sounded better. I don't own nearly as many Audiophile or Mofi pressing as most because I love originals when I can find them and I love to make the comparisons to the Audiophile pressings so that I can hear the differences. You see, I have been on both sides of this coin We should all be talking about the music first and the gear second as a means to that end. I stream, play cds, records, cassettes including reel to reel and I love it all. I also agree with you about equalization as it can make a big difference, but it needs to be quality and vetted as to not harm and be a good overall fit with the rest of the equipment. Calling one an Audio Fool, doesn't strengthen you, it actually weakens you because those that are comfortable with changes and differences don't feel the need to be condescending to others and that goes for Audiophiles and non Audiophiles. A cheaper solution by Schiit Audio, the Loki is a great equalization tool and is an example of what you spoke of. Be comfortable with your choices and let others be comfortable or uncomfortable with theirs.

@@sidvicious3129 I have your Circuit City type package. I have a single tray Onkyo cd player, a Technics receiver, Infiniti speakers, and Koss or Sennheiser headphones. I tried vinyl and never really liked but I thought the 7" single was pretty neat. I've heard decent sounding cassette decks but you don't have direct access to individual songs and I wasn't a fan of noise reduction. NR is applied to many reissues at least as far as cds go and engineers don't know enough to back off especially on the fade when you get a distorted swooshing effect. Most albums that I like weren't really reissued to death. I have mostly classic soul and jazz with dabbles into southern rock, country, and occasional blues. In all honesty, I don't like wide dynamic range. The way music comes out of FM radio sounds best to me. I know they're manipulating the sound as you rarely hear the song fade out until it's about 25% of the peak volume. I was always bummed out when I got the actual copy and fade started much sooner than I was used to.

@@DorianPaige00 I agree with you about the NR as it could be very aggressive. I listened to some of the same stuff as you do, but I will try more artist outside of my comfort zone, or at least I think they were and Tidal allows me to do this without making a physical purchase. I listen to R&B, rap, rock, progressive rock, Heavy Metal, Reggie, Jazz, Classical and Country? If I love it, I will save it to my playlist and decide to buy later. I’m also a big headphone listener as well. There is a guy that you should check out for jazz on RU-vid, there have been no reissues and that artist is Larry Bright Soul Visions. If you are Into Pat Metheny, you will enjoy this, it is jazz fusion at it’s finest, as it is a good listen start to finish. I can’t wait for a reissue as originals are extremely rare. I also have no problems with your Circuit city package. I bought a Denon Home theater receiver at Circuit City before they closed that served me well for years until I upgraded.

@@sidvicious3129 I window shop on youtube which doesn't have a bad selection between personal uploads and the label sponsored vevo's. Soul Brother did reissue the cut "Tomorrow's end" a few years back on a compilation called Fusion with Attitude. I'm surprised they or Jazzman didn't get the rights to the entire album. I have so many comps chasing soul music and it's tough when labels like Motown didn't label what mix they use or as quite often the case, inadvertently create a new mix in an attempt to recreate a given version. That's the OG argument in a nutshell but I'm a format freak with the cd only. I've never run out of things to buy. My guess is 50K in count maybe more. Surprisingly I'm not much into fusion. I do like the some of the Mainstream titles and the stuff Larry Willis did. I go from swing to bop to hardbop. Then a dabble in that impressionistic post bop style heavily influenced by Jackie McLean, Elvin Jones, Herbie Nichols, and Thelonious Monk. I go like the more creative side of smooth jazz but it has to go places like George Benson or Ray Obiedo. Speaking of the Jazzman reissue label......they reissued Uncle Funkenstein's Together Again which is one that's rare, funky, and sounds great. It's an indie release but James Spaulding, Mel Rhyne, and Larry Ridley join him on this 1983 date so there are a few familiar players.

Bernie also cuts regular priced albums as well . This is kind of my point

@@MatthewNorthMusic The point is i have most of his reissues specifically listen to his Tull Aqualung and more specifically Thick as a Brick there is NOTHING out there even close. I just get tired of people putting videos together and all they do is complain about the price without talking about what you get for your money. Nobody is requiring anyone to buy anything if it’s something you don’t want for any reason just don’t buy it. Or if you are going to talk about the price then say why you think it’s not worth it. All good

maybe because he reviews the best quality releases, like tone poets and analogue productions pressings, and he has an insane system in which he can appreciate them

@@kristofvadnai7468 Very True. I have many of the ones he speaks of and Yes. They are ALL fantastic sounding albums. But cmon. Does. Every. Single. One. Need to be ALL the adjectives described herein.

How often does he pick the audiophile pressing over the original pressing?

@@TheMax1230 If youre actually asking; idk, because I havent really been watching the recent comparison videos. But I often hear people say these remasters are better than the originals.

M 45 consistently says original sound better than most of the reissues

In the living Room a Garrard 401 Turntable with an Audio Technica Tonearm, an Ortofon cartridge. A Technics SE-A900s Amplifier (This one ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Lpns0L6GZCs.html ) And a Pair of TDL speakers. I also have a Marantz CD player 2 Reel to Reels a Revox A77 and a Pioneer RT-707. Cassette Deck is a 3 Head sony TCK515S. And A Pioneer blueline tuner.

every 45rpm AP release I purchased sounds better on my system when compare to digital or OGs, lets talk about the doors by example thus far the best sounding vinyl of those titles, I have modest system no 20gs turntables just VPI Prime with Hana ML cartridge my amplifier was made by Ayre model V3 and preamp Ayre K3xe all fully balanced including built in phono stage, I have balanced out of the turntable, it makes huge difference no noise from analog playback at all, also Hana Stylus is so great with retrieval of the sounds from the grooves without ticks and pops, I clean all my records even new before I play, Blue Note OGs are expensive but in the past they were cutting them limited on the top and bottom to avoid problems with tracking, current cartridges and tonearms are more advanced so nowadays that is not a problems to cut the same music with extended top and bottom, all Tone Poet and Blue Note classic vinyl cut nowadays by Kevin Gray and other masters sound so better

I don't really like Steely Dan much..

LOL!!! Steely Dan is horrible grocery store music. You couldn't pay me to keep those records!! awful.