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$1000 Dollar Audiophile grade Records

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Not sure were to put this but it is an interesting story.

Not saying anything about the cost, or the sound. But I do remember back when the LP was king certain labels had far higher sound quality than others. I love the banner.

“ a roc opus sound better than you've ever heard it before---stoned or sober”.

According to the Wired magazine story the Records sold at “Better Records” Are being purchased by audiophile who consider them a bargain. (https://www.better-records.com/)
Wired magazine story:
https://www.wired.com/2015/03/hot-stampers/amp
 
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Looking at the OTHER STUFF in the photos I'm tempted to label it BEE ESS. A 20 something wearing headphones will not change my mind. How about DIRECT TO DISK LP's from Sheffield, M&K and others? I 'might' pay 100 bucks for one or two, but..............
 
The big problem have is the one I always had with the media, it’s fragility no matter how careful you are there is always that accident. :mad:
 
peerson said:
Sorry, but I cannot justify that kind of cost for a record.
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I am reminded of the person who (ahem) "won" the ebay auction, circa 2004, that resulted in payment of -- what, USD 10,000 or even higher? -- for an (or was it the?) acetate of Velvet Underground + Nico's debut LP.
 
peerson said:
Sorry, but I cannot justify that kind of cost for a record.
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Having sold more than a few dozen LPs (and even some 45s) and 78s @ USD 1,000 and higher, there are a lotta collectors who will (gladly, it almost seems) shell out that kinda dough for a record. Of course these are not "hot off the presser" new records, though in some instances they were "new" as in "Still Sealed & Unplayed" condition.
 
^^^ P.S. And most were sure not "audiophile grade" pressings. The few that were -- Mofi, DMM & that lot -- brought some big bucks then and likely still do.... e.g., Mofi SPLHCB, DSOTM, a few other titles.
 
I can remember limited pressing of LP’s it was alway something like the last performance of Cellist Claus Adam this release is limited to 1000 pressings after which the masters will destroyed. I can see the value of such a record.
 
I can only say these folks are doing what so many businesspeople are: charging what the market will bear.

Me, I will stick with Mobile Fidelity and such.
 
What ever the market will bare. I will not spend $$$$ on a set of interconnects. But there are people that will, that is OK with me. I have better things to think about like the Raspberry Pi4 computer kit I am getting tomorrow.
 
peerson said:
Sorry, but I cannot justify that kind of cost for a record.
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Considering what some are willing to pay for additonal doo-dads for their hi-fi setups, it was only a matter of time before someone said, "Hey, I'll bet there is a market for insanely priced records. Let's give it a try!

I've rubbed shoulders with a few insanely rich people. Not only is the price irrelevant in most cases, but sometimes an absurdly high price is a selling point - it insures exclusivity.

I use this head game to help people understand what it's like to be "rich". Let's say you make $100,000 a year. You have a certain attitude about the dent a box of cerial, a house or a car would put in your budget. To get a feel for what it's like to make $1,000,000 a year, just imagine everything you spend money on, and remove a zero from the price. A $2 box of cereal costs 20 cents. A $50,000 car costs $5,000. A million dollar house costs $100,000. And a $1,000 record costs $100.

Now imagine you make ten million a year (a fair amount of people do).
 
Hot stamping is another old technology. If I understand it these audiophiles think the vintage record manufacturing machines are the best. Here is a pair Video from 1956 from RCA showing the entire processing of a vinyl record. This is what audiophiles are after. Looking at the care that was taken in the 1950 to produce an LP you can see why the recordings from the time are fantastic even today 50+ Years later.


 
Nothing will ever replace the original method which, though time and materials costly, is simply the best way to record and listen to music.

That would be, of course, the wax cylinder. All this newfangled stuff only adds it's own artificial audio attributes to the pure analog sound.
 
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