What is meant by IMPORT?

Besides the obvious what is meant by a record being an IMPORT?

are they better, worse, what guidelines should be used when buying?

Thank you

thegoldenear12-11-2008 4:50am

audiofeil Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,011 posts 12-12-2008 at 10:25am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Import means you pay at least 3 times more for the record or compact disc.
audiofeil Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,011 posts 12-13-2008 at 06:37pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete >>Royal Scam as the U.S. pressings all sucked<< Nope, that's wrong. Both of my original ABC yellow label pressings are dead quiet. Sorry.
audiofeil Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,011 posts 12-20-2008 at 10:15am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Xiektichen, There is much variation among pressings. I'll give you 2 examples. I have original pressings of "Eagles" and "Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory". Both records were purchased new and on release. Both suffer from higher than average surface noise despite carefully handling, many cleanings, and of course they've been played on properly aligned equipment. The surfaces look perfect but the damn records are just plain noisy. Go figure.