poco a poco
I'm Jim
I was lucky with Empyrean Isles. I had accidentally ordered 2 copies and the first I opened was perfect so I just returned the still sealed copy for a refund. I have though had virtually no returns or even Audible faults with both the Tone Poets where I nearly all of them and the BN80 designated part of the now Classic series where again I have most. I have only bought a few though since they have been designated as Classic’s as I had originals or good copies of nearly all of these. Optimal’s QC does seem to have badly slipped with these again after a period of improvement.
A SH forum member had been keeping a tally on the pressing faults on both Empyrean Isles and Fuchsia Song Swing reported there and with EI 50% have had faults and FSS had 45% faulty. I had been tempted to get a copy of FSS as IMO it is such an essential record and my EI was so good, but now I’m going to stick with the two reasonable good copies I already have.
The high priced vinyl reissues I have had most problems with are the Verve AS ones where I returned two from the few I bought of these and another wasn’t quite perfect. Plus a few returns on other recent vinyl including Blue Note’s that are not part of the above series. Usually pressed at Pallas (that used to be one of he best plants) or CZ. I think I will by CD’s for these in future which will also help my storage space problems.
A SH forum member had been keeping a tally on the pressing faults on both Empyrean Isles and Fuchsia Song Swing reported there and with EI 50% have had faults and FSS had 45% faulty. I had been tempted to get a copy of FSS as IMO it is such an essential record and my EI was so good, but now I’m going to stick with the two reasonable good copies I already have.
The high priced vinyl reissues I have had most problems with are the Verve AS ones where I returned two from the few I bought of these and another wasn’t quite perfect. Plus a few returns on other recent vinyl including Blue Note’s that are not part of the above series. Usually pressed at Pallas (that used to be one of he best plants) or CZ. I think I will by CD’s for these in future which will also help my storage space problems.