Hey Chuck,
My experiences with Better Records were a different experience than yours. I bought Yes--Close to the Edge super hot stamper and compared it to the copy I had since college that had been given LAST treatment and played a ton. I had a good friend over when I did this and we listened to both a couple times through. I did the same with another album, but can't remember which album it was. It was a super hot stamper also and my copy was again from college and had LAST treatment and had been played a bunch. In both cases, my copy sounded better in all ways--not night and day better, but better. I sent both of those back and haven't felt the urge to try again since. That was about 6 years ago. Both of my original albums were just OK to pretty good recordings typical of most of my collection. Most of my albums are quiet with only occasional pops or none. I purposely chose albums that were just typical of my collection rather than sonic spectaculars.
Bob
Some good recordings & music:
Supertramp--Crime of the Century (MF)
Loggins & Messina--Sailing the Wind
Blood, Sweat & Tears II
Michael Franks--Passion Fruit
War--Why Can't We Be Friends?
More to come--I have to arrange my albums after building cabinets to put them in again.
My experiences with Better Records were a different experience than yours. I bought Yes--Close to the Edge super hot stamper and compared it to the copy I had since college that had been given LAST treatment and played a ton. I had a good friend over when I did this and we listened to both a couple times through. I did the same with another album, but can't remember which album it was. It was a super hot stamper also and my copy was again from college and had LAST treatment and had been played a bunch. In both cases, my copy sounded better in all ways--not night and day better, but better. I sent both of those back and haven't felt the urge to try again since. That was about 6 years ago. Both of my original albums were just OK to pretty good recordings typical of most of my collection. Most of my albums are quiet with only occasional pops or none. I purposely chose albums that were just typical of my collection rather than sonic spectaculars.
Bob
Some good recordings & music:
Supertramp--Crime of the Century (MF)
Loggins & Messina--Sailing the Wind
Blood, Sweat & Tears II
Michael Franks--Passion Fruit
War--Why Can't We Be Friends?
More to come--I have to arrange my albums after building cabinets to put them in again.