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Are these vinyl collector boxes worth $400?


MeloManiac

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Several American and European music production companies bring these vinyl collector boxes on the market, mostly subscription based. You find them in all genres, from jazz to classical music. Production value is premium (180grams, original artwork and pictures, extended booklet etc.), and so is the price: mostly starting at $300 or higher. Add postage and import duties...

Example: https://www.newvelle-records.com/pages/audio

The link above points to one that caught my attention because they give a lot of details about the technical aspects of recording the music (no AD/DA conversion was done).

Another  special one is the recording of Simon Rattle's Beethoven nine symphonies with a one-point-microphone set-up: https://www.berliner-philharmoniker-recordings.com/rattle-beethoven-symphonies.html

 

Curious about your opinion...

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It is if you are willing. 

 

I do not find fault with digital recordings in general, just poorly produced ones.  24/192 recordings sound as good as my Thorens TD-125/Decca London arm/A-T OC9/Aragon phono preamp setup did.  So, I do not get balled up over A/D conversions. 

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