Definitive Audiophile pressings


@Joe Mac
What the hell? Is this a repress of the 84 Mofi?
 
Curious what others think, but where does one's system need to be to actually hear a considerable improvement with supervinyl? I have less than 5 one-step pressings and the surface noise is not vastly better (sometimes worse) than some of the standard QRP or RTI pressings I own.

I'm using a $1500 Rega turntable with a $350 cartridge.
Honestly I think Mofis pressing quality over the past five years has been awful. Zero consistency and no I don't find the supervinyl any quieter than a good quality AP or well pressed standard Mofi.

And I'm using a 7G turntable with a 6G cart. I think it's really down to the individual album audio quality and the individual pressing quality rather than the "supervinyl" formulation that like you said, seems to be frequently noisier than the standard black vinyl.
 
Curious what others think, but where does one's system need to be to actually hear a considerable improvement with supervinyl? I have less than 5 one-step pressings and the surface noise is not vastly better (sometimes worse) than some of the standard QRP or RTI pressings I own.

I'm using a $1500 Rega turntable with a $350 cartridge.
one steps from one company? or multiple? i can't say i've had much, if any, surface noise on the one steps i own. some of the craft ones especially are dead quiet. my setup is similar range as yours.
 
Curious what others think, but where does one's system need to be to actually hear a considerable improvement with supervinyl? I have less than 5 one-step pressings and the surface noise is not vastly better (sometimes worse) than some of the standard QRP or RTI pressings I own.

I'm using a $1500 Rega turntable with a $350 cartridge.

Which do you have that you find noisy? Just curious.

I have 5 now - from MOFI I have MJ, Springsteen, Van Halen 1 and ELO Eldorado (the supervinyl, not the one-step) and now this Craft Isaac Hayes. Out of those, the Springsteen is noisier than I'd like and disappointing to me. The others are fairly quiet.

My set-up is what I'd call mid-range and likely lower end than most here. Though my T1210 with the shibata AT-150Sa is a damn fine pairing.
 
one steps from one company? or multiple? i can't say i've had much, if any, surface noise on the one steps i own. some of the craft ones especially are dead quiet. my setup is similar range as yours.

Which do you have that you find noisy? Just curious.

I have 5 now - from MOFI I have MJ, Springsteen, Van Halen 1 and ELO Eldorado (the supervinyl, not the one-step) and now this Craft Isaac Hayes. Out of those, the Springsteen is noisier than I'd like and disappointing to me. The others are fairly quiet.

My set-up is what I'd call mid-range and likely lower end than most here. Though my T1210 with the shibata AT-150Sa is a damn fine pairing.
I have owned 4 one-steps:

1. Kind of Blue 33rpm (Analog Productions)
2. Coltrane Lush Life (Craft)
3. Lateef Eastern Sounds (Craft)
4. Kind of Blue 45 rpm (MoFi)

Issues:
Kind of Blue 33 rpm has distortion issues on Blue in Green. Think this may have been a common problem, and I should ask AP for a replacement disc, but it has been a couple years now since purchase. So probably too late for that.

Coltrane Lush Life, I cannot recall if it was noisy, but its been a bit since I spun it. I don't recall being blown away by it though.

Eastern Sounds, I was sent a replacement copy because it was noisy.

Kind of Blue Mofi 45 rpm - so this was a strange situation. The album was very noisy and I eventually returned it to Music Direct. I later found out that this was an unannounced test run for the super vinyl. I remember opening up the KOB and seeing the discs were translucent. Thought that was odd. Regardless it sounded like shit, so I requested a replacement from Music Direct. They sent me a new copy (standard black) and that sounds good. I later found out on Discogs and elsewhere that there was a small run of super vinyl KOBs (boxsets numbered between 12,000 and 13,500, or something like that). Guess they were/are selling for like $400+. I had a picture up on Discogs of the translucent records, but it was eventually removed by someone.

I listen to lots of Tone Poets that are dead silent. Other standard Grateful Dead MoFi's that sound amazing and have zero noise.





Regent_Street
Oct 1, 2021

Will the small number that got pressed on Super Vinyl somewhere in the serial number 12000's range get its own discogs entry?
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    dancbmac Nov 29, 2021


    meknappe
    Will the small number that got pressed on Super Vinyl somewhere in the serial number 12000's range get its own discogs entry?
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    It was separate at one time, but some of the folks that manage the entires here on discogs insisted that they be merged. I gave input and uploaded photos of my copy, but those that have voting ability overruled and the two listings were merged into one with a couple of lines mentioning the test run. One person that does inputs and changes was very adamant about only one listing because he said he never seen any. He also blocked my photos and said I took them from some website, but they were my actual photos. I’m guessing that website, which I have never visited before used my photos. I was a newby going against some expert who had voting privileges and I couldn’t vote on any of my inputs. I didn’t like it, but I wasn’t going to beat my head against the wall, because this expert knew it all, but did not know about these SV pressings
 
I have owned 4 one-steps:

1. Kind of Blue 33rpm (Analog Productions)
2. Coltrane Lush Life (Craft)
3. Lateef Eastern Sounds (Craft)
4. Kind of Blue 45 rpm (MoFi)

Issues:
Kind of Blue 33 rpm has distortion issues on Blue in Green. Think this may have been a common problem, and I should ask AP for a replacement disc, but it has been a couple years now since purchase. So probably too late for that.

Coltrane Lush Life, I cannot recall if it was noisy, but its been a bit since I spun it. I don't recall being blown away by it though.

Eastern Sounds, I was sent a replacement copy because it was noisy.

Kind of Blue Mofi 45 rpm - so this was a strange situation. The album was very noisy and I eventually returned it to Music Direct. I later found out that this was an unannounced test run for the super vinyl. I remember opening up the KOB and seeing the discs were translucent. Thought that was odd. Regardless it sounded like shit, so I requested a replacement from Music Direct. They sent me a new copy (standard black) and that sounds good. I later found out on Discogs and elsewhere that there was a small run of super vinyl KOBs (boxsets numbered between 12,000 and 13,500, or something like that). Guess they were/are selling for like $400+. I had a picture up on Discogs of the translucent records, but it was eventually removed by someone.

I listen to lots of Tone Poets that are dead silent. Other standard Grateful Dead MoFi's that sound amazing and have zero noise.

I do have the AP KoB UHQR, but I didn't count that one since it's not per se supervinyl (nor one-step) - I guess I should because it's still a supposedly better vinyl formulation. My KoB UHQR does have some noise like everyone else I believe. My other UHQR's are clean though (Hendrix, the two Marleys and Elephant).
 
Curious if anyone here can recommend an in-circulation (or cheap) copy of Nights of Ballads and Blues? The Analogue Production is out of print and like $150+ and no thanks.
 
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