The very best sound: Direct to Disc

One downside is, once having WOW feeling from D2D records' sound quality, many other records you own sound not so musical to listen to.
I have a few, and always wondering that why other records were not made to the same quality.

D2D requires musicians to play an entire side in one set. Likewise, all the mic and mixing levels have to be set right from the beginning. The results cannot be mixed down to a master, because they are fed straight to the lathe and cut directly onto the wax. This cutting process by the way must also be done in real time. Highly dynamic music calls for greater groove spacing. This requires the engineer to know the musical demands and adjust the lathe all during the cutting process.  

That is an awful lot of things that have to go right in order to cut just one side. The results speak for themselves. But it is very hard to do. Hard usually equates to expensive. So there you go.

Thanks for the info. No wonder why the selection of D2D is very limited.
I try not to be spoiled by the sound of D2D or other audiophile recordings. Just enjoying the music. For so so recording quality LPs, I am spending increasingly more time on Spotify streaming. On my setup, the difference is small. With lossless Spotify coming soon, I might stop buying any new LPs, unless they are very very special.
Gee, I just bought an LP of Kanye West's MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY for my Son's birthday present. Hope it sounds good.

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Dear friends: from the @krankins  08-24-2020 post information in the thread all the ones down there already posted that information before but gentlemans just did not read the thread and what already posted about.

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