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The Skeptical Audiophile
15h ago
More of the Music of Frank Sinatra Reviews and Commentaries for the Music of Frank Sinatra By 2007 we were doing regular shootouts for albums such as this whenever we had the stock, and of course we naturally would throw the Classic Records pressing in the mix to see how it compared to the real ..read more
The Skeptical Audiophile
18h ago
More of the music of Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) More Soundtrack Albums You’ll find INCREDIBLE Shootout Winning Triple Plus (A+++) grades or close to them on both sides of this original Columbia 6-Eye Stereo pressing Spacious, rich and smooth – only vintage analog seems capable of reproducing all three of these qualities without sacrificing resolution, staging ..read more
The Skeptical Audiophile
1d ago
More of the Music of Queen Hot Stamper Albums with Huge Choruses Available Now We discovered a killer copy of News of the World in 2007. Our Hot Stamper review can be seen below. It was a clearly a breakthrough for us, the kind of record that, out of the blue, revealed to us sound ..read more
The Skeptical Audiophile
2d ago
More of the Music of The Band Roots Rock LPs with Hot Stampers Available Now Sonic Grade: D In 2012 the “new” MoFi put out another remastered Big Pink. Since their track record at this point is, to be honest, abysmal, we have not felt the need to audition it. It’s very possible, even likely ..read more
The Skeptical Audiophile
2d ago
More Roxy Music More Art Rock Records With outstanding Double Plus (A++) grades or close to them from top to bottom, you’ll have a hard time finding a copy that sounds remotely as good as this original British pressing (one of only a handful of copies to hit the site in three years) Believe it or ..read more
The Skeptical Audiophile
2d ago
More of the Music of Carole King Letters, Reviews and Commentaries for Tapestry One of our good customers had this to say about his recent experience on the Steve Hoffman forum. [We’ve added some headings and such like.] Hi Tom, When Fred emailed me to say that a copy of Tapestry was about to hit ..read more
The Skeptical Audiophile
3d ago
Hot Stamper Pressings of Soundtrack Recordings Available Now Hot Stamper Pressings of Exotica and Easy Listening Albums Here is the kind of Living Stereo sound we just can’t get enough of. We certainly never suspected that this old TAS list warhorse from 1962 could sound the way this early pressing did when it landed on ..read more
The Skeptical Audiophile
3d ago
Hot Stampers of Crosby, Stills and Nash More David Crosby / More Stephen Stills / More Graham Nash With excellent Double Plus (A++) grades or BETTER on both sides, this vintage copy will be very hard to beat This is the embodiment of the Classic CSN sound we love – rich, full-bodied, warm, punchy, dynamic and clear Stephen Barncard ..read more
The Skeptical Audiophile
3d ago
More Miles Davis More Jazz Recordings Featuring the Trumpet A Miles Smiles like you’ve never heard, with superb Double Plus (A++) sound or BETTER throughout this original 360 Stereo pressing – fairly quiet vinyl too Both of these sides are full-bodied, high-rez and spacious, with Miles’ horn uncannily present, a sound you just cannot find ..read more
The Skeptical Audiophile
3d ago
More of the Music of The Eagles Reviews and commentaries for The Long Run All the original domestic pressings are cut by Ted Jensen at Sterling. You can find TJ and STERLING on every last one of them. What you can’t find is good sound on all of them. The domestic pressings with the stampers ..read more