MOST EXPENSIVE RECORD SHOP!

[@tSAfterMath]

If I'm paying $500 for Thriller it better be because Michael Jackson himself is rising from the dead to perform it for me.

[@paulturner3553]

Now that's funny and to the point!

[@rashiedamon5299]

Hush

[@superiormusic]

Imma withdraw my entire life savings, buy a bunch of their records and play them on a Crossley on a live facebook feed :D

[@georgedoughly6344]

InternalCombustionGenie and then you should return them & get your money back.

[@onion6667]

also if the record skips just tape a penny to the cartage

[@theepicpandagaming4you541]

@@onion6667 tape a ipad to it

[@lifeisntagodardfilm]

@@georgedoughly6344 irony duh

[@lionheartroar3104]

lol..put a quarter on the tone arm.

[@justsomeguy4304]

No sir, I don't like it. I thought they were going to have rare LPs, autographed copies :(

[@directorkid3131]

That would be awesome if there were a record store for that.

[@AndrewKaiserPhotography]

Nope, wouldn't pay those prices. While I'm sure there is some noticeable difference in the sound quality on some of their offerings I personally don't have have high enough end audio equipment to even pick up on it. I bought Santana's debut album at a thrift store for $3.00. No scratches and I cleaned it myself. Sounds wonderful.

[@God-CDXX]

nice find

[@GrapeApeFTW]

That’s what I’m talking about. Same record - $6 at a Half Priced Books and sent it through a spin clean bath. Sounds lovely. 👍🏻

[@KingRiverVlogs]

If you had a $40,000 turntable it would be worth it but unless you were a rich audiophile it wouldn’t make sense.

[@Kugal83]

Basically this is a store for the most arrogant of people that have more money then common sense, if the original makers didn't charge that much then paying that much in 2017 is beyond stupid.

[@Not-Only-Reaper-Tutorials]

more than agreed ;)

[@cbaumle0824]

Same people that pay $1000s on speaker wire

[@Kugal83]

i need a grounding wire for my turntable and i saw one for 32 bucks, couldn't i just strip a wire from headphones and use that?

[@dremunoz2600]

Yep, this jackass is just selling bullshit to people with money.

[@treize99999]

While I understand what you are saying, I disagree to an extent. A lot of the records he showed in the video are relatively old. Being an older record the care and condition is vastly different. Sure you could buy one on ebay and hope for the best but you really have no idea how that record was played or taken care of. This guy offers a professional opinion and what looks like a delicate process to determine the best sounding records. I respect that. If I could afford it, and had the equipment to tell the difference, I would buy them.

[@poetryonplastic]

Tom Port has been a controversial figure in the audiophile community for a long time. He used to be a traditional record dealer specializing in audiophile reissues like those from Classic Records. Now in order to push his theory on the supremacy of his pressings he writes "reviews" of these reissues he used to sell, bashing them. Michael Fremer called him on his bs once, and compared Tom's $400 pressing of an RCA album against a $30 dollar analogue productions reissue (very good reissue label) on his million dollar system and said the reissue beat the hot stamper. To be fair, different runs and stampers of the same original pressings do have sonic differences, especially when they were big selling albums that got pressed at multiple pressing plants. Discovering these sonic differences for most people is part of the rabbit hole of this hobby. Tom just charges a huge commission doing the stuff that a lot of collectors do on their own for fun. You aren't paying for the records, you're paying for Tom to be a nerdy record collector for you. For me, that would kinda take the fun out of the hobby.

[@harshnemesis]

test

[@dtv266]

Too rich for me$

[@FordSeniorMaster]

Yeah. as most "audiophiles" have done! Taking the enjoyment out of listening to MUSIC! Audiophiles are nothing more than self-righteous and pretentious arrogant ASSHOLES! They are "listening" to their AND YOUR equipment, rather than listening to and enjoying music!!! Hmmm......"Audiophile" and "Pedophile" rhyme.......both of the SICKEST creatures on this planet!!!!

[@EdwinGoldstein-xp5nw]

Fremer's assessment gets my vote.

[@maker606]

Sounds like a bunch of snake oil, just cleaned records... Nope, I'm good thanks.

[@nunyabiz2016]

They hand pick the best sounding records. That's not snake oil. People just call anything they don't like snake oil lol

[@rabarebra]

@@nunyabiz2016 It is snake oil. You can find these records at thrift stores yourself. I looked through the website and they have many of the records I have paid $5 or $10 for, costing $400-$500. That is insane and nothing but scam and snake oil.

[@user-mj5mh9lw8p]

I can clean and listen to your records , just give me 100 for that.

[@maxgrossmann1636]

yang justen lol XD

[@menschmeier13]

Shut up and take my money 😂

[@vikramanand6132]

When I saw the prices I was assuming they would be like originals or signed records, but no, they’re just cleaned better

[@DennisDWest]

You shouldn't have wasted your time making this video. Your paying for: his arrogance, his staff, and his equipment. I go to a record store where I score albums for 50 cents. I clean them myself. I enjoy good sound. Save your money. Most audiophiles know that good sound comes from a quality pressing. The rest is called maintenance. We still have snake oil salesmen and people are still as gullible as they ever were.

[@harshnemesis]

Or you get a digital lossless download that sound even better, LMAO

[@zeusincoming282]

I agree with you, and are the people paying 500 bucks for his albums playing them on Top quality equipment?

[@ASilentS]

These will go great with my $500 RCA cables and my $1500 knurled walnut frequency damping volume knobs!

[@georgemurariu3637]

Be careful, don`t forget to buy the audiophile low noise, few hundred bucks, SD card

[@cameronzywina906]

If you have that much money to spend, why night have the audiophile and cleaning equipment yourself?

[@God-CDXX]

that is what I would do buy my own equipment or in my case I built my own equipment

[@matpars]

If you can afford for someone else to do a job for you, why not?

[@georgedoughly6344]

Cameron Zywina exactly Right, Cameron! Very good point👍

[@sundemon1156]

When I was a young bloke I worked in a record shop. I questioned the validity of the "superior" Japanese imports of stuff that was also pressed locally. The store manager's reply was "A fool and his money are soon parted". I never forgot that. As long as it plays, man. As long as it doesn't look like somebody has been slicing salami on it, and as long as it has cool cover art.

[@TheZippoLover1]

This is the type of garbage that destroys a good hobby, snobs who separate anything and everything by this great barrier of money. The ideology that people are selling "white hot" presses of a 50 year old zep album for the amount that my first car was worth is kind of disgusting to me.

Very much so.

[@DwightLivesMatter]

Couldn't agree more. There's always some asshole who ruins the fun for everyone while making a profit out of it.

[@DavideMazzetti]

Couldn't agree more! I hate it when what was once a common activity becomes 'elitist' by so-called 'audiophiles'.

[@SapphireSandwichBoys]

It’s really in the way they phrase it more than anything. If they just said we sell super high quality stuff for people who have the set up for it and want the best possible sound, that’d be one thing.

[@hexxagrm]

Imagine buying the Led Zeppelin II White Hot Stamper and playing it on a Crosley

[@KingRiverVlogs]

If I were rich I would do it!

[@motorheadbanger7720]

Who would look for led album??

[@andrewcrain5461]

That's insane I can clean my own albums and they will sound just as good as anything they have....the only people that can afford those albums are the Movie stars or very rich people ! It's all A gimmick

[@gurupmatos]

While I do love vinyl and do know that in the analog audio world, you get what you pay for... this is borderline ridiculous (I do vacuum clean my records, by the way)!

[@vinyleyezz]

+gurupmatos how is that vacuum cleaning working for you?

[@gurupmatos]

It works great! I use a manual KAB-EV1 unit coupled to my Rainbow vacuum cleaner - with a two step liquid solution on each side of the record (Spin-Clean fluid and then L'Art du Son fluid, vacuuming after each one) - and then I use my Spin-Clean with only distilled water for a final cleanse, vacuuming with the KAB to remove the water. They records sound great afterwards, specially older or 2nd hand records. I wouldn't pay 600 € for someone to do this for me ;).. great job on the channel, keep going, Jarrett!

[@EdwinGoldstein-xp5nw]

Look Ma, no ultrasound treatment.

[@MarcusFenixD]

I call fucking BS on that :P

[@PrestonGranger]

I don't even pay 20 for records.

[@coastercrafter1productions300]

Sandfords vintage gives you free recirds all dusted but mine are cleaned and now they look like new

[@halfmt4643]

Someone that can afford $400 records does not make them an audiophile.

[@donaldrocks101103]

Just means they have a lot of money.

[@questhero101]

It makes them an idiot.

[@TheMills567]

He's only an idiot if that $400 was for food or clothes. If it is literally a tiny tiny % of his monthly income, then, well, not many idiots making that kind of bank....

[@johnmundiejr3959]

There is most definitely true facts about some pressings being much better then others- it's not unusual for me to buy multiple copies (different pressings- factory- era, etc.) and comparing, then keeping the one that sounds best. It's actually unbelievable how much better one pressing can be to another.

[@awitcheskid]

Sure, but you ever listen to 2 pressing back to back and think "Hmm this one sounds so much better that I'd be willing to pay 10 times the price?" Because that's essentially what this guy is doing.

[@jaymess3276]

So if these records are taken in from standard widespread releases, then it's really a luck of the draw. You can either spend $20ish on a record that may or may not be a "Hot Stamper" (god I hate that term) or give this guy $TooMuch when he claims he has "found" the best quality record. That is, of course, if any of what he claims about "Hot Stampers" is true, which it likely is not.

[@zeusincoming282]

I can go around to Garage Sales and Buy a dozen of the same Album for 3 bucks total and find my own "Hot Stampers"!

[@baldmetalnerd]

Oh brother this is ridiculous. New vinyl is already stupidly overpriced but this takes it to the realm of ultra ridiculousness. You know to get this level of quality all they need to do is buy a used CD copy.

[@vinyleyezz]

+baldmetalnerd yeah these prices are pretty wild lol

[@tadreaming1]

Just buy the CD, saves all this hassle!

[@phippsy333]

Ha ha , to compare cd quality to the quality of analogue is ridiculous, and very un informed. To each their own ...but gentlemen CD and digital playback aren't the same quality as a well setup analogue system to say any different is stupid. In saying all this paying this sort of money for vinyl is silly.

[@phippsy333]

No not really it is because the sound of analogue to better if you have a decent system .

[@tadreaming1]

You've been dooped, it's all hype & nostalgia, CD is superior. Of course this is opinion, you have yours, I have mine, so lets not be silly.

[@sbbinahee]

My technique of cleaning my vinyl works a charm. With the ironing board set up I place the record on the board I choose the steam blast setting and getting close to the vinyl with it and blast hot steam all over. Then using an anti static cloth clean the record going with the groove direction. Gets rid of any muck between the grooves very effectively. Try it!

[@Onteo1]

Yes, yes a field trip !!!! Great website for what to listen for on your albums.

[@coreyb9920]

This guy is a genius, he has managed to acquire a few saps willing to spend the ludicrous prices he asks, all in order to support his own experience and expense of unnecessary "audiophile" grade equipment. He should be a politician. Basically he earns a living listening to a ton of music on high end equipment because he then sells them at insane prices. I love it!

[@Leprechaun33]

2 much money I would buy a record 4 $30 or less

[@pillznthrillz3013]

Can work out the early stampers yourself usually by the runout codes but the first vinyl off those are usually better than the last and some have defects or machine was still warming up or techs were not doing well on the day, if you have to pay top dollars you should be able to listen first or be able to return it no questions asked.

[@GroovyLisa]

$600 dollars for a beach boys album? You're killing me. I got that exact album for $12 on ebay. I live in Los angeles I might have to visit this record place just for the hell of it.

[@drew8235]

Was very surprised until I heard it's located in LA. Made a lot more sense after that lol.

[@elii6441]

You could find them sealed for less money, and then u are 100% sure it's never been played. I hope nobody falls for that bullshit.

[@TheMills567]

True BUT, I have returned more than I can remember of new sealed ones. MY best goal is finding good used ones that I can spin at the store. New ones now can be a crap shoot. A lot of money grabs going on in the vinyl world lately. Companies putting out "audiophile" pressings that are just crap.

[@themichaeljacksonblogde2532]

Song of the day Suggestion : The Rolling Stones - You Got the Silver

[@themichaeljacksonblogde2532]

Nice to hear !

[@moehammondmedia]

I have that Michael Jackson lp, that Beach Boys lp and the Santana lp and I’m sure I didn’t pay over $45 for all 3. Maybe I would consider paying $1000 for a record that is super rare and super hard to find. But this is just way too much for my bank account.

[@edwardgonczy3170]

I think I may have purchased an LP from Better Records (Fat Mattress's debut LP) in the 80's before their prices became prohibitive (to some). In 45 years of collecting records, I generally don't find all that much difference between different pressings of any given LP Different sound systems tend to favor different balances and it all tends to even out IMHO. The two things I find paramount 1) purchase the cleanest copy of an LP you can find that has had minimal play and 2) purchase the best turntable, arm and cartridge you can afford. And beware the record that was left in a hot car. I purchased a Mobile Fidelity pressing of Abbey Road from and eBay heavy hitter - he literally has sold tens of thousands of LP's. As soon as I took it out of the sleeve I knew what was wrong. These "heat exposed" LP's have a waxy sheen and as soon as the needle hits the groove, there is a constant, never ending "roar" of surface noise. He agreed to take it back but I didn't want the hassle and discarded it. But how he could have sold that and have the rating he has is beyond me. Needless to say, I will not repeat with that seller. But everything in life is relative. If someone hears the difference between different "pressings" and that is important to them, then by all means go for it. But $1,300 for a copy of Led Zeppelin II? I have a mint Mobile Fidelity LZ II I purchased from a friend who when he unloaded his entire vinyl collection 25 years ago uttered the words: "if I never hear another click or pop in my life, it will be worth selling my collection for pennies on the dollar." I paid $2.00. MINT! LOL.

[@mattthompson6281]

I only have vinyls that I love...Just like I did in the 90's with the cassettes/cds..In my opinion, I love to go to record shops and get new and old/used vinyls. It reminds me of my childhood in the 80's..my mom always cleaned the house and always had a record on..I love the pops here and there etc...this sounds similar to that guy who has the world record for vinyls. I sometimes buy a record for 40..but not for hundreds.

[@jeenkzk5919]

Yeeeeeeaaaaaahhhhh, either the customers are so rich that they don't know the value of a dollar or they just don't know any better. Sorry guys, the customers are being gypted!

[@social4414]

I rather thrift shop and donate to charity why tf am I paying 1000$ for a record...

[@SaintMartins]

The most expensive used vinyl i ever bought was $ 35.00. (+tax) The only reason i was ok with spending that money was because it was an original 1981 UK pressing of Bauhaus "Press The Eject & Give Me The Tape" live album which came with a large fold out poster & a bonus live 7" ep "Satori In Paris" inside. Otherwise my price limit on buying vinyl it $ 20.

[@SaintMartins]

Last time i bought vinyl for over $ 20. was 14 years ago. For $ 25. (+ tax) i bought the original limited pressing of the Rolling Stones "Sticky Fingers" (1971) album with the actual "Warhol Zipper" cover design.

[@antonioederlopezlopez7341]

Perfect for play those records on a Crosley xD

[@marvolo2]

I want to have a record shop like that. It could feel like heaven to work at that store to a guy like me.

[@前橋みき]

Excellent video posting-stellar stuff -much appreciated

[@mrhoffame]

I have never judged anything in vinyl world or the audiophile world as I truly believe "to each his own". This world is just as much about what makes you happy as what music you have. I have to say though, this has to be the first time I have felt that this is a total and complete rip off! Wow, almost feels odd to say something like that about vinyl or another collector.

[@zetmoon]

If you want the cleanest and best sounding version, get the CD!

[@joeclements6744]

Hi Jarrett, I have a Audio Technics AT-LP120-USB turntable. I upgraded to a cork mat. (Does it make any sense to put my rubber mat on top of that?) I also bought the ortofon 2m red stylus. What are your thoughts on Audio-Technica AT-LP120 AT-LP120USB Upgrade Heavy tonearm counterweight AT-CW1 and their Audio-Technica Record Clamp Disc Stabilizer AT618? and the Audio Technica Isolators AT6091. I am just trying to do the best I can for superior sound. However, like you, I will not disconnect the internal pre-amp. Thanks for your thooughts. Joe

[@alanbratt3022]

A hi - end audio salesman once told me that sound quality is all down to your own hearing capabilities, no two peaople have identical hearing. His advice to me was to listen to as many different systems as possible, using your own preferred type of music. He also let me take a different system home each week, for a small deposit, so that i could listen to them in the environment in which they would be regularly used. As i was on a limited budget i didn't have the luxury of separate music & theater rooms. I emded up buying a Marantz SR5007 receiver with Jamo S426 floorstanders, S420 surround speakers and Marantz sub. Have been happily listening to music (analogue and digital) and movie soundtracks for approx. 6 years now with no complaints at all. By the way, when i was test "driving" all this gear, amongst it all was equipment from Cambridge Audio, Mission Speakers, Polk, Nad, Pioneer etc, i simply chose which system sounded better to me.

[@menschmeier13]

Hey Jarrett, can you make a video about if you move to another town with you record collection. What's the best way to pack all your records? And what do you have to pay attention to, that no record got demaged. Thanks a lot, Johnny

[@Si1983h]

Just buy a good record cleaning machine and buy several regular priced albums if necessary... and sell the ones you don’t want.

[@sundayluthier2892]

Just browsed the website for a few minutes... I recommend it, it's top notch comedy.

[@paulc5358]

CRAZZY I Tell Ya!!!! I'm usually shopping in the $1.00 bins to $5 bins only on very very rare occasions do I pay more than $15 for a record & I have over 4,000 Lp's

[@kennethh2430]

I've been to Thousand Oaks to attend the Little Mermaid musical last year. Beautiful place and you could tell off the bat, people living there make bank. My friend and I dropped into Mastro's Steakhouse across the street for a drink and appetizer before the performance. Great quick bar experience, friendly staff, and a lot of food fornthe money. The performance arts center is one of the best I've attended too.

[@wallenbergphoto]

Max I spent is 110 dollars. Hard knocks - School of hard knocks, wild pitch original. Mint condition vinyl. Worth it!!!

[@vinylkats6281]

I am stunned!!! I would get a perfect sounding copy of any of those so called white hot stampers for just one UK pound... Crazy crazy pricing just for rich people

[@CHACHAwithBONES]

These people are better off just buying 10 copies of a record and testing them out themselves to find the best quality one. Waste of money.

[@TheMills567]

You actually have a point. And to some degree, that is what all of us "real world" listeners do.

[@harshnemesis]

The real world listeners buy a digital lossless download and never have to worry about quality, because it's already as best as it can be, lmao

[@DwightLivesMatter]

And you would still have money left over!

[@id513128]

Talking about high fidelity disc, Have you ever DBX disc or CBS CX disc? And what do you think about them?

[@charles1964]

Hot Stampers @ 1:46? The first run would be WLP's wouldn't they?

[@nickvatis]

Have you ever heard of the Denon DP-300F? I am just getting into vinyl and am deciding between this or the lp120.

[@EdwinGoldstein-xp5nw]

Up the road a piece, there was an establishment selling classical and jazz lp's that appealed to a different clientele from this shop's and, adjusted for inflation, much higher prices.

[@arnauvizcarramiserachs6318]

My father had the amazing idea to everytime he bought an album back in the 60's until late 90's he would buy two, he opened one of them to enjoy it and l left the other one sealed. The thing is that he now has over 150 top first edition sealed records which are selling for dumb high amounts of money... He ain't selling them yet though...

[@nunyabiz2016]

Smart!

[@rabarebra]

Still in shrink-wrap damaging the record's sleeve because of PVC oxidation. This also goes through the cover sleeve and into the vinyl making them all foggy. The shrink-wrap may also bend the records so they get all warped. Yeah, very clever. NOT! 😂

[@johnventer4815]

Amazing. I can take a few tips on how to grade my vinyl. Thanks. John from South Africa

[@HI-FI_]

Hey vinyl eyezz, I remover seeing the video belt drive vs. direct drive, but you didn’t mention idler wheel. I own a turntable that uses an idler wheel and it sounds great. Maybe you could make a video on that.

[@Fabian-xc7bx]

Recently I bought Sade's Album you have on CD. It sounds awesome.

[@cheph456]

If your vinyl record needle is too heavy can you make it lighter by add coins to balance it?

[@henrys3629]

Do they get their records from the 6000 record dollar bin?

[@joemanning8564]

Hello, I was wondering If you could tell me how rare the vinyls I listed below are. -Van Morrison, Blowing your mind 1967 Original pressing -The Cowsills EP Portugal 1967 The Rain, The Park & Other Things Original pressing

[@johnreremoana9564]

The most expensive record l'd bought was a 'Live' Boxset of Led Zeppelin's 'How The West Was Won', (which was released on vinyl this year) which cost me $184.00, and you can get this 'Live' Led Zeppelin album on CD (released back in 2003) for $25.99.

[@plunderpunk2]

I work at a niche music store with a loyal client group of about 20-30 customers, too, they keep us open - if our titles were 1.2k they’d be keeping us in furs...

[@imjspaceman]

Music is my whole life! I love music, I love playing guitar, I love collecting vinyl and I love going to concerts. I've been cranking vinyl records and cranking my Fender Deluxe Reverb amp for over 40 years and I've also been to over 2000+ rock concerts. Could I still hear the difference between the $5 copy of the first Santana album and the $500 copy? Probably not.

[@jakesmip1064]

wonder what the cheapest record shop in the world is? that would be cool to shop at!

[@Miler97487]

It's one thing charging that kind of price for a rare and obscure prog rock LP from the 1970s where maybe no more than a few hundred copies were pressed (and the album is great), but I would not pay that price for common titles that happened to be cleaned on super expensive equipment. I've been known to spend a couple hundred bucks on an LP but it was because it was a very rare prog or Krautrock LP from the '70s, not something like from Santana. I own the debut LP from Santana, original 360 Sound Columbia label pressing, but it was only $5 and not likely ever cleaned on such expensive equipment (nothing likely more expensive than a DiscWasher).

[@ynnektrub1]

Enjoyable and informative.

[@zeruipelayosilva]

Can't argue that they might have the best sounding pressings... but prices are way beyond my wallet! And honestly, I don't have either the equipment (or hearing sensitivity) to actually noticed the difference between a good shape copy and their "stamped copies".

[@joshspencer3886]

Was that Metal Jesus Rocks I saw commenting on your videos ! Coooool!

[@jkadey6286]

Hey Vinyl Eyezz, I have a question; What is an excellent needle replacement for a Sony PS-LX300USB?

[@artureff3046]

lyra atlas

[@hm_nn_5633]

If one can afford the a White Hot Stamper vinyl, one needs an obscenely expensive sound system to do justice to these expensive vinyls. The emphasis is on sound quality right?

[@junglejamesie]

All this "hot stamper" pish is nothing but pure snake oil.

[@sgtpepper7041]

What about still sealed examples of these LP'S?

[@anderssoderlind90]

I know there are people who have so much money that Better Records' prices are nothing to note and they have no difficulty in paying it is okay for me. It may seem a little ridiculous to pay so much money for a regular record but just to congratulate Tom Port for finding his niche in this world. By the way, I wash my used records 3-4 times before playing the first time and always looking for better pressing with better sound.

[@GilyBeck]

Hmm.. ill stick with the crackle and pops on the "cheaper" records. .. or if i really want the clarity.. ill buy a cd :)

[@charliebennett3236]

You encouraged me to get my first record player.

[@vinyleyezz]

+hue hue awesome! Glad I could help!

[@jdraven0890]

As long as a record isn't completely scratched up or worn out, it can be brought back to life with a careful wash in the sink using dish soap. And I doubt that individual records differ that much from each other to justify such insane prices.

[@Claytone-Records]

I have been collecting lp’s since the early 60’s. I have never payed that kind of money, but wish I could. Could is the key word or maybe it’s money, perhaps quality. It is all relative or is it subjective? Here’s an example of how I roll: I recently bought a copy of ‘200 Motels’ a classic by Zappa and The Mothers from ‘71. That’s 1971 and this is the Soundtrack lp on the Bizarre/United Artists label. Now there are a few distinctions that could be made (but I will not make) as I may already have gone too far. I paid-$2,500 - not on your life okay - $250 no way in hell - okay $25 - that’s much more like it, no I paid only $18 in a used book store for a clean, near mint, free of scratches and a cover to just die for, both disks included and only driven on Sunday. If you would like to hear more of my adventures, let me know.

[@rkoopmans8536]

Just go to Record Outlet in Thousand Oaks,great selection,and you don't feel like you are being judged. (lived in Newbury Park for 2 years went in to Better Records and the staff was very very very un welcoming)

[@MarkyShaw]

The dude essentially provides a service to those aficionados. If people want to pay that price for a service they feel is worth it, then by golly, go right ahead and do it. As long as they stand behind their product. I imagine if I had a ton of expendable cash and always wanted a guaranteed pristine copy of a record, then I would probably go there. Especially if the records are first pressings. Not for your average collector or listener, but hey, there's obviously a market for it. I'm sure people wonder why I buy the old ridiculous obsolete stuff that I buy too. It might not make sense to everyone, but to those that it does make sense to, they're the only ones that need to care.

[@rhamfranciscoiraham74]

This is crazy!

[@1000mg.]

The most I've paid for a record is $30.00

[@mrhoffame]

Do you know...does pressing have much to do with it or is it just how clean a record plays?

[@SKHorology2025]

Song of the day: It's just the time for dancing (Artist: Henry Hall)

[@saintchurchill6437]

Are electrohome turntables good or bad ?

[@twistedviewlabs]

Thousand Oaks is in Ventura County...not Los Angeles County thus not considered part of L.A.

[@Dongoyette3]

He can clean and listen endlessly to whatever he wants but there’s no way I’m paying that much for a record.

[@christophermacdonald30]

Jared what is the most $ you have ever spent on a record? I try to stay within the $50 range but sometimes I get roped into the allure of special limited pressings, colored releases or beautiful box sets. Recently I picked up Pixies Minotaur on Discogs which set me back a few clams but damm it was worth it!

[@richardhamilton9936]

PT Barnum would love this place.

[@gdit1410]

Someone missed the boat when they named this shop . They should have called it , ' There's a Sucker Born Every Minute Vinyl ' .

[@gustaveli9985]

I don't know. If I lived in a country where record stores where few and far between and could afford it I might had considered it to get my favourite record in a great condition. I have been to thriftstores and found records that I would consider hot stampers, where the music was more lively and the background instruments and harmonics are much less distorted than on the typical copy. But I have also bought dozens of records that was really dull. I've even bought first pressing that sounds bad even though they've been mint looking. I don't know, if I had the money I might have tried, especially since the have the money-back guarantee

[@tobybeau55]

that's just crazy prices. I guess because they lived out California they could sell records to the goofballs that price. I live in the Midwest and you can find great albums that have never been played with only a couple of times for anywhere between $5 all the way up to $200. I like to clean my albums sure I'm not going to sit with headphones on and listen to the same album on different vinyls trying to figure out which one sounds better. but like I said that they're happy and they got the customers more power to them

[@zeusincoming282]

Symphonic Albums have the best quality sound, along with 1950s and 60s Mood Music like "Jackie Gleason Presents"

[@tomgregoryartist]

The emperor's new clothes of record stores.

[@furllan]

Considering the shop is not far from you, I think you should pay them a visit.

[@Tnapvrvideo]

They claim to A/B compare many albums, and they pick the one they feel sounds the best. That seems perfectly acceptable since hearing is purely subjective. They also offer very detailed descriptions of flaws within each album if any exist, and they offer a money back guarantee which includes S&H. They also post and have a home address where they are located. I think they deserve the opportunity to be proven right or wrong for all of those reasons, and criticism should be reserved for those who have actually purchased one of their albums and listened to it on your own system. For me, I would need to go through a record shoot-out at their place to see if I truly hear the separation in overall sound from one album to the next using their system. If I hear something extraordinary on one specific album leaving all of the others audibly behind, I'll happily become a believer. The same holds true for cable comparisons, speaker wire claims, and power conditioning unit claims across the industry. I am always open to being convinced through my own hearing. Clearly, and they made this assertion on one album description (a Beatles album), you should only purchase albums from them if you own a very high end system. Only then will your equipment be able to flush out the subtle nuances and intricate details within the grooves of one of their albums and give you a legitimate opportunity to truly assess their claims and form an accurate conclusion.

[@kniknayme9865]

half of the fun is finding the "deal". it loses something just forking over a pile of cash for each record.

[@charles5518]

I think if I was to have gotten that into vinyl, I would be learning cleaning techniques/products/equipment as I went along and also buying/saving for equipment that I felt I needed to get the sound I was looking for. That's who I am, I like to work through the quality process, which takes a lot of time and effort. Not everyone has luxury or even the want to learn all of those things, they just want the product, perhaps because they have more money than time. Then there's the rich and lazy who don't care about the record, music or any of the blah blah blah, it's expensive so they want it... Lots of different reasons and I can see where it fits into the scheme of things.

[@michaelc.antonino4740]

Charles You my friend are woke AF :) I totally agree with that chunk of knowledge you just conveyed.