I have purchased many re-issues from wdcdradio. They were mostly Bluenotes, and older R&B and jazz LP's. Not a single one of them have ever been warped. I have ordered many from soundstage direct and none of them have been warped either. None of these have been 180gm or higher either. None of the LPs have had that flop to them like some vinyl did during the 80's. I have been ordering from them for several years and I have gotten very good quality in sound and performance. Maybe the QC problem is with the thickness of the vinyl or the quality of the vinyl being used. But my standard LP's have been flawless over the past 3 or 4 years.
Flat Records?
Perhaps this one has been kicked-around already, but can someone help me understand why records cannot be consistently manufactured physically flat and with a decent quiet surface? Maybe I am buying the wrong records. I just tried a copy of Aqualung on the 200 gram Quiex SV-P and it was no where close to flat; not even remotely close. About one out of every five or so seem to be non-flat, as in completely warped...