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Ok, so in the world of Audiophile recordings, there are a couple of really unique enterprises that do some incredible vinyl pressings, both in quality, and restricted availability.
The most famous of these probably, is the Electric Recording Company.
They paid out millions for a very antiquated 1950's Lyrec / EMI tube / valve tape machine, along with restored classic cutter heads and lathes. It wasn't only the initial purchase, but to find people with the skills required to then be able to bring it up to serviceable spec takes serious cash and time investment.
Why you may ask? There's still some audio signature that tubes can create that just hasn't YET been equaled at this level, and the warmth and smoothness that results in records pressed on this system is easily identifiable.
BUT! They only ever press around 300 - 350 copies of each album, and they sell for around 350 Euros each, yes, you heard that right! But the quality is downright obnoxiously beautiful, not that I've ever seen one personally. But they always sell out within a couple of days of listing a pre order. They are world famous.
Well, how do you better that?
There's a new enterprise in Vienna that's not been going terribly long. They're called SuperSense https://the.supersense.com/
These guys have done a similar thing, they've bought legacy equipment, but in this case they've had the only expert left in the world capable of producing new-old parts for it, and they are taking it to another level
In the record making process, this is the standard process, each step results in losing some of the sound quality in the transfer to the copy:
Then companies like ERC, MoFi, Analogue Productions and others now all have a "One Step" process which basically goes straight from the lacquer to the "convert", then to the final record.
What this company have done, is remove the record making process entirely and are simply cutting straight to the lacquers, and then selling those as the final product.
Pitfalls are that a lacquer degrades quite quickly so you'll have limited time where it remains "intact" and you're not losing sound quality.
Benefits are that it's the closest thing to the master tape from a standpoint of generational copies, and so retains the highest quality sound reproduction.
Each of these are going to cost?????? 444 Euros
They do archival copies which are taken not from the actual master tape, but from a 1st generation production copy of the master tape
They also do live cuts, only have 2 available at the moment, but one is by Gregory Porter which I'm sure sounds incredible
the.supersense.com
The most famous of these probably, is the Electric Recording Company.
They paid out millions for a very antiquated 1950's Lyrec / EMI tube / valve tape machine, along with restored classic cutter heads and lathes. It wasn't only the initial purchase, but to find people with the skills required to then be able to bring it up to serviceable spec takes serious cash and time investment.
Why you may ask? There's still some audio signature that tubes can create that just hasn't YET been equaled at this level, and the warmth and smoothness that results in records pressed on this system is easily identifiable.
BUT! They only ever press around 300 - 350 copies of each album, and they sell for around 350 Euros each, yes, you heard that right! But the quality is downright obnoxiously beautiful, not that I've ever seen one personally. But they always sell out within a couple of days of listing a pre order. They are world famous.
The Electric Recording Company.
electricrecordingco.com
Well, how do you better that?
There's a new enterprise in Vienna that's not been going terribly long. They're called SuperSense https://the.supersense.com/
These guys have done a similar thing, they've bought legacy equipment, but in this case they've had the only expert left in the world capable of producing new-old parts for it, and they are taking it to another level
In the record making process, this is the standard process, each step results in losing some of the sound quality in the transfer to the copy:
Then companies like ERC, MoFi, Analogue Productions and others now all have a "One Step" process which basically goes straight from the lacquer to the "convert", then to the final record.
What this company have done, is remove the record making process entirely and are simply cutting straight to the lacquers, and then selling those as the final product.
Pitfalls are that a lacquer degrades quite quickly so you'll have limited time where it remains "intact" and you're not losing sound quality.
Benefits are that it's the closest thing to the master tape from a standpoint of generational copies, and so retains the highest quality sound reproduction.
Each of these are going to cost?????? 444 Euros
They do archival copies which are taken not from the actual master tape, but from a 1st generation production copy of the master tape
They also do live cuts, only have 2 available at the moment, but one is by Gregory Porter which I'm sure sounds incredible
MASTERCUT RECORDS
A REVOLUTION IN RECORD PRODUCTION In an exclusive collaboration with Universal Music Austria, Supersense is launching a high-end record to put music lovers into the audio engineer's seat: the Mastercut Editions. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN RECORD HISTORY, DIRECTLY CUT LACQUER DISCS ARE AVAILABLE TO...
the.supersense.com