I’ve got about 100 of the 12" cut at 45 speed and a dozen or so of the single sided Classic Records 45 speed box sets. They pretty much all sound quite good and it would seem to my personal experience on my table/arm/cart to be more dynamic, detailed, and power of scale.
Some pressings from the era that many of them were originally cut and pressed make near mint copies almost non existent and the better condition ones are very, very pricey. Still a gamble on the records not being played properly by the original owner with a stack of quarters taped to the arm and what resembles a rusty nail for a stylus. Till its played to be graded, its just an old record . Even though I took advantage of the late 80’s purge everyone else was doing with vinyl and have many very good originals from the era, I am very appreciative that some are taking and making such great efforts to get the best tapes they can and pressing the best records they can with those tapes, now.
I think, generally, people fuss too much , and never see the positives of a lot of things lately.... This site has a few guys who post nothing but negative topic views about anything it seems they cant get for nothing. (not a reference to the OP here either, the usual suspects know whom I refer to ).
I’d rather have vinyl pressed this decade and the next and with choices of which speed is a bonus, vs. no options for much of the older recordings while the tapes are still usable. Forced to digital renderings from the golden years of analog would be more to complain about, IMO.....
Some pressings from the era that many of them were originally cut and pressed make near mint copies almost non existent and the better condition ones are very, very pricey. Still a gamble on the records not being played properly by the original owner with a stack of quarters taped to the arm and what resembles a rusty nail for a stylus. Till its played to be graded, its just an old record . Even though I took advantage of the late 80’s purge everyone else was doing with vinyl and have many very good originals from the era, I am very appreciative that some are taking and making such great efforts to get the best tapes they can and pressing the best records they can with those tapes, now.
I think, generally, people fuss too much , and never see the positives of a lot of things lately.... This site has a few guys who post nothing but negative topic views about anything it seems they cant get for nothing. (not a reference to the OP here either, the usual suspects know whom I refer to ).
I’d rather have vinyl pressed this decade and the next and with choices of which speed is a bonus, vs. no options for much of the older recordings while the tapes are still usable. Forced to digital renderings from the golden years of analog would be more to complain about, IMO.....