An Inside Look At Quality Record Pressings

QRP stands for Quality Record Pressings, Acoustic Sounds' premier vinyl record pressing plant, where the best-sounding audiophile LPs in the world are produced. Our latest video celebrating Acoustic Sounds' 25th anniversary takes you inside QRP, as we spotlight some of our team members responsible for bringing you audio bliss.

[@mikewinburn]

This is quite cool to see APO grow. I remember as a young audiophile, i was so impressed when apo bought blue haven studios, and i met jimmy lee robinson at the stereophile audio show in NYC (i think it might have been the last one). I didn’t have much disposable income back then, but i bought a Jimmy Lee and Weepin Willie SACD at the show. That was a lot of money for me back then, but man was i proud about these acoustic recordings and how “lifelike” they sounded with the minimalist mic’ing techniques. Years have gone by, and APO is still my first source for music purchases.

[@1999zrx1100]

I cherish every pressing I own from these guys. You can keep your 1st. pressing at 10 times the price. Thanks for your dedication everyone…..😎

[@utub1473]

So great to have companies like these in the world. I'm so happy vinyl is reaching higher quality because of these people!

[@pivoncat]

I used to work at SMT (Southern Machine & Tool) in 1975 - 1976 building record presses. It was a very interesting job. Note all the record presses that have the SMT label on them.

[@elixeroflife]

you might hit chad up for a job

[@alzamonart]

I got to know Chad and the history of Acoustic Sounds some years ago. A lifelong obsession with vinyl records and high quality audio just could have ended up this way - building a pressing plant up to their very strict and high expectations. These are not your typical hipster indie records - this is a very high quality product catering to audiophiles. And I can tell they certainly know how to pull it off.

[@AngelGonzalez-hc4zw]

These guys are Rock Stars!!

[@billystamps]

Glad that people like this are keeping the sound and fun of vinyl alive-well done

[@RingZero]

Great deed Chad, keep up the good work. Now let’s listen to great sounding music

[@kirk_gon]

Great job, folks!!!

[@joex2504]

Chad Chasem is a nobel man doing nobel things !

[@lizzie0689]

very awsome. and unique. keep up the good work on making records

[@nealsausen4651]

You don’t want The sound to be too clean or too sterile or too sanitized you still want that warm that warmth of old classic vinyl you’ll be defeating You’re purpose Of re-issuing or bringing back vinyl discs if they’re only going to sound like a 💿 !

[@reachdown76]

Im going to buy today Rush - Moving pictures 200gr cant wait to listening this great album

[@elixeroflife]

we press a lot of that album and its my favorite!!!!!

[@opus7500]

Awsome lesson... than you !!!

[@jester0201ify]

I have the counting crows first album and it came from this company. I can't even describe how good it sounds. I've heard the cd a million times and when I played it from my record I heard things in the music I've never heard before.

[@skeennah1927]

2021 and this record production stuff still amazes me!

[@EthicRadioArchiveReels]

Very informative video we would love to do a internship for a pressing plant

[@bluegrassbarry]

these guys make the very best records. I have a few and they really sound great! I would love to work there. but I can not even visit as I am a Canadian man with a rich criminal record of being a pot smoker. It makes me an international criminal and the last three times I have tried to cross the border, I have been turned back. "We don't want any more pot smokers here in the U.S.A. kid."

[@ClassicalRips]

+bluegrassbarry Well that's what you get for breaking the law

[@waynepayne864]

was the narrator recorded thru the phone like thank you for using GTL type audio quality?

[@martincook318]

Im a admirer and Collector of the late Yehudi Menuhin and I've been Collecting his Records both on Pre war 78rpm and LP Vinyl for over forty years and I found the best Vinyl Pressing's were made between 1955 and 1972 and My Collection would be impossible to Replace and in the Classical world the Recordings come under these Categorys,Common which means that the Recording sold well Hard to find which means that they are getting scares Rare and very Rare which either means that the Recording didn't sell very or the Record labels were changed as in the case of My Copy's of Yehudi Menuhin's 1938 Recording of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto which was Recorded on Monday May 2nd 1938 Record Numbers DB-3555 DB-3558 but wasn't Released until November 1939 and within 6 Months of the Recording Release the label was changed from the Coloured labels to the Monochrome labels and later the album's were also changed and Willhelm Furtwangler and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Playing Tchaikovsky Symphony Number six Record Numbers DB-4609 DB-4614 again from the Coloured labels to the Monochrome and the Recording was Made in October and November 1937 and was released in January 1939 and within 12 Months of the Recordings Release that label was also changed and the album's were later changed from the Gatefold album's to the flapover album's because of the Shortages of Raw Materials during the Second world war and His Master's Voice never went back to the Coloured labels on 78rpm they did Briefly on Vinyl LP's from 1952-1964 and Vinyl LP's first came out in 1948 and the 1953 Coronation Service was issued on three Vinyl LP Records Originally on three Single LP Records which had the Royal warrant on and in a Box set which didn't and as the Price of Vinyl LP's came down so His Master's Voice issued the Coronation Service in a Presentation Box and that was also changed so the General Public had to fetch each Record out of the Box and the Presentation Box was also changed from the Gatefold Box to a single Box and the last 78rpm Records were Pressed in 1960

[@allexkoficial]

I would like to buy a press and an extruder like this, does anyone know where I can find this manual

[@michiel2722]

2:34 JVC QL-5 Turntable in the background.

[@jeffcoughlin4282]

Hm, I need to talk to these guys. I own the copyright to a Billie Holiday record - would love for the rest of the world to hear how amazing she was before the 40’s and the industry took advantage of her skin color

[@markaartun3579]

Are you hiring?? I work at a record pressing plant and have experience in the industry. GREAT facility !!

[@painsettomusic]

+Mark Aartun Yeah, they're sure going to hire someone who applied on KZbin...

[@abigailsockeye1586]

Sure are. Come in Monday morning to pay the application fee.

[@thenorthamericanphonograph1039]

@@painsettomusic I know Mark I work with him. He loves working with records and does have experience as a record reviewer, and press operator,and even cuts records.

[@glipk]

Best of luck

[@MuzikJunky]

You guys have a DMM lathe? Peace.

[@gazjones3549]

considering how good their vinyl is the sound on this video is awful.

[@Jvavolerpareil]

I completely agree! It's A SHANE!

[@skeennah1927]

funny

[@murnelbabineaux105]

Stop turning the levels down on the inner groove tracks

[@elixeroflife]

thats a mastering issue. no control over that in pressing

[@Ojb_1959]

Remain In Light ?

[@-elijahriggs-]

So where does dsd get into the chain? Oh, never mind. Wrong company.

[@MrMerab]

S U P E R.........

[@spacemissing]

What a massive honk-your-own-horn load of scrap.

[@cengeb]

Kind of making the best Rotary Phone ever.

[@vinyl1Earthlink]

cengeb - Except Chad is taking in millions of dollars in revenue every month, selling his records to customers around the world.

[@cengeb]

vinyl1Earthlink Million$? I doubt it

[@SPAZZOID100]

WrONG! Vinyl is on the upswing. Demand is VERY HIGH.

[@JanderVK]

Go take a look at Discogs. People are buying vinyl. Just because your friends are dumb enough to pay for (LOL) MP3's, doesn't mean there aren't people buying vinyl. In fact, Metal & Punk bands have never stopped selling vinyl. Now the bigger labels & genres are catching on.

[@cengeb]

Polygram and universal don't make records...ya know why?

[@cengeb]

best plating man in the "industry" of making records? Like being the best wheel maker for horse drawn carriages. there is a reason why Polygram and MCA, and Warner, and CBS stopped making them...they stopped making rotary phones for a reason,2016....join it?

[@kylemichaels3373]

Obviously you have no idea what your talking about. Listen to a quality pressing on a high quality turn table connected to a quality recever and speakers. Then you'll realize that digital will never be able to sound as good. There's a hell of a lot more that goes into making quality records.

[@EricBrownBey]

cengeb you so ignorant you need not to speak

[@cengeb]

way over priced products....they are riding the fad...

[@vinyl1Earthlink]

+cengeb - Chad Kassem has been reissuing records for nearly 25 years, and selling them at very high prices. He has been highly successful. Doing his own plating and pressing is a natural extension of his business.

[@kennethdegruchy5503]

If this company is so quality oriented why did you allow such poor audio bites to be included in this promo? Truly counterproductive. If you could not re shoot the bad sequences you could have at least overdubbed the bad takes.

[@nealsausen4651]

Wow! Those little capital pressing from the 50s those sound the best and final was so thick and the grooves were so deep and durable if you keep them in good condition and use common sense when handling them and storing them they will last forever and they all sound great yeah Capitol! Watch that Old video, .”WANNA BUY A RECORD”? To see how they did it in the golden age of record production!