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In Reply to: New pressings suck? posted by magiccarpetride on April 15, 2017 at 18:16:11:
Old pressings also sucked. Nothing new; it's item-specific if you get a good pressing or not.
It should be noted, however, that ordinary pressings almost always contain a certain amount of re-cycled vinyl. Due to the nature of the material, two things are worth mentioning.
One, pure vinyl melts reasonably well, while recycled vinyl always retains a certain structure. It cannot "smooth out" the same way, and always adds noise to the pressing.
Second, for this reason, there is a limit to how much recycled vinyl that can be added to a stock. Not every pressing plant follows the same limits, so some plants make better "ordinary" records than others.
Virgin vinyl will always produce better pressings, so it's worth seeking out. The vinyl quality and other factors (age of the stampers, for example) all hit the bottom line. And none of those factors, even if good, can help a bad master sound better.
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- RE: New pressings suck? - gordguide 21:36:32 04/24/17 (0)