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Do 45 rpm 12" LPs really sound better than 33 rpm?

Increasingly, one can buy 12-inch 45 rpm LPs. Theoretically, they provide a wider dynamic and frequency range, but I come across a strange effect... Yes, the bass strings seem to be tightened stronger, but in general ... Imagine you have two cars with a power of 250 hp, but one is equipped with an honest atmospheric V6 or V8, and the second has 2 liters turbo. 

Tell me, is it just my impression? Or maybe I need to change the cartridge or settings (for example, impedance) of the phono preamp?


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Compare a 50-60's 33RPM album to a reissue 45.
I likely will hear the period press as more convincing. Typically any reissue-33 or 45 is a let down,IMO.

 Now, if that period album ALSO were pressed as a 45, that may be noticeable.
I'm  not aware  of a period 45 Kinda Blue or Time Out.

I have the 45 of Ella Fitzgerald's "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!"
It sounds perfect like a CD. 

The 33rpm period mono, (1961) is more engaging. 

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