@pgaulke60- If you at all care for New Orleans style Jazz, Crystal Clear did a 45 RPM, D2D, titled ’San Francisco Ltd’. An excellent, dynamic, "crisp" and quiet recording/pressing, done in white vinyl. Regarding your last query: Whether, "better" than 33 1/3, I can’t say, not having the SAME music(in both speeds) for a VALID comparison. They’d have had to do the session over, at the slower speed, to release both. Never heard of anyone cutting/releasing the same music, as D2Ds, in that way. However- I’m not saying no one has. There are way too many variables, between any two D2Ds(of differing artists/sessions/producers/etc), to categorically determine one speed better than another, though my bias would be toward 45 RPM. https://www.discogs.com/San-Francisco-Ltd-San-Francisco-Ltd/release/2685500
Direct 2 Disc
Holy Smokes! I recently purchased and played a couple of Direct 2 Disc LPs on my turntable and I was simply blown away on the clarity and beauty of these recordings. Wow, this was a wonderful experience. I bought a Doug MacLeod and a Henry Gray 200gr LPs. They were recorded at a place in Kansas. Just starting to investigate these. On the merits of these two, I bought $150 more. Do ya'll have any favorites that sound especially crisp? I do have a couple of Third Man Record D2D recordings, but they didn't sound this good.
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Those prices would be great, if the vinyls aren’t trashed. Better than four decades(ie: since SF Ltd’s release) offers a lot opportunity for abuse. Here’s hoping you find a good one! There are a number on eBay. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=san+francisco+ltd+crystal+clear&_sacat=0 |