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'Audioplile' records that sound particularly pleasant.

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Do we have a thread devoted solely to so called 'Audiophile' pressings? We have Felix's excellent 'non audiophile' thread which is great, but one devoted to special 'high end' pressings might be good too. I'm not a 'pressing snob' by any means, but occasionally entertain the thought of buying these 'upper level' offerings, and have just acquired the half speed 45rpm version of 'So' by Peter Gabriel (released 11/7/16). It is very good, everything seems to have 'a little bit extra'......crystal clear highs, nice mid's and lovely deep bass, entering sub territory. I'm very impressed. One thing I wasn't impressed with however, was the packaging. The gatefold cover is nice, but disc one is quite warped (disc two ok), and once I released the inner covers (poly lined paper) they went all puffy and wrinkled and are hard to slip back into the album cover. It's as if they have put the disc straight into the inner, fresh from the press and shrinked wrapped the lot before the vinyl had even cooled down! A little disappointing. I always worry when new LP's arrived shrink wrapped. Overall though, the sound is excellent and the pressing, besides the warping, is very good with minimal surface noise. Recommended. :thumb:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                So_(album).png         Post edit: That pic is incorrect for the half speed. There is no writing on the half speed cover, it's on the back.


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