Sold Date:
January 22, 2021
Start Date:
January 15, 2021
Final Price:
$152.50
(USD)
Bid Count:
11
Seller Feedback:
4035
Buyer Feedback:
108
SS: Still Sealed
Label: Arista
Catalog Number: AR 8040-45
This auction is for a STILL SEALED 45rpm* single sided ( for optimal performance ) LP Test Pressing of SIDE A1 of the Classic Records 200gram reissue
of Alan Parsons' "I Robot"; pressed on CLARITY Vinyl. Test pressings
are highly collectible and are from the first stamper. Approximately
less than 20 exist. Test pressings reflect the closest you can get to
the lacquers and hence have a special collectible value and store of
value.
Side A1 Tracks: I Robot, I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You
*45 rpm records have long been recognized as providing a higher
fidelity musical experience resulting purely from the cartridge being
able to extract more of the nuance from the complex vertical and
horizontal groove modulations in stereo LP’s. Further, Classic Records
45 rpm “single sided” pressings dramatically reduce the mechanical
resonances created by the cartridge during playback by allowing these
resonances to be more fully transmitted to and absorbed by the turntable
platter.
Background
on Clarity Vinyl Pressings
In 2008, Classic discovered that
de-magnitizing black vinyl records leads to better sound in playback.
The engineers at Furutech in Japan, makers of a commercial record demag
machine, explained that the carbon black that was added to PVC record
pellets contained trace metal that became randomly magnetized and while
spinning below an electro-mechanical transducer (phono cartridge) caused
electrical distortion inside a cartridge during LP playback. Hence,
demagnetizing a black vinyl record dramatically reduces the electrical
distortion and leads to more "Clarity" in playback. Michael Hobson,
founder of Classic Records reasoned that if the carbon black were
removed then the result should be more Clarity in playback. Working
closely with the PVC manufacturer Kenan, Classic developed its own
proprietary "Clarity Vinyl" devoid of the problems with trace magnetic
particles contained in black vinyl formulas. A Clarity vinyl pressing
on a flat profile die is the absolute ultimate pressing possible and
even a step above the JVC UHQR black vinyl pressings. Not to be missed -
you can hear the difference!
Very Rare Item - Good Luck!
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