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    Posted: 07 Feb 2016 at 8:38pm
How enthusiastic are you, if at all, about 12" 45 RPM records?

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I'm not a vinyl enthusiast but when I tried out vinyl records a few years ago, I much preferred using 45RPM vinyl to the 33RPM vinyl, because of physical size and weight. I really liked having a small vinyl record dedicated to one track per side, which was easy to handle and I was much less likely to drop or damage. If I could get any track I wanted on a 45RPM vinyl, I'd certainly go back to vinyl as well as buy Graham's best preamp product/s.
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If an album is available as a genuine all analogue 45rpm release, then I'll almost certainly choose that version. Yeah it can be a pain flipping it often but the benefits of improved sonics and lack of chance of IGD (not an issue I suffer from thankfully) are worth it. I tend to gravitate to the best possible release I can get. If something is just a digital file dumped on vinyl then I'll just buy the cd, my vinyl aim is to just obtain the best possible listening experience I can afford.

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I tend to take it as it comes. I don't think think 45rpm or heavyweight vinyl is any sure fire guarantee of quality, particularly with re-releases. Some of my best sounding albums are on paper thin vinyl. All down to the mix & mastering imo. All things being equal, the heavyweight, virgin vinyl at 45 should be better in theory.
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Originally posted by HisDudeness HisDudeness wrote:

If an album is available as a genuine all analogue 45rpm release, then I'll almost certainly choose that version.


Recently I bought an all analogue 45 RPM jazz release by mistake. At the moment I just thought: "Well this one is rather pricey." Later I opened it and found two records inside. It's the only 45 LP I own. And, damn, it sounds good.

Another drawback, by the way, along with more frequent flipping, is that the format doesn't lend itself to some genres. For example, a single movement of a romantic symphony may well be too long to fit on one side.

What is IGD?
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Sorry, IGD is inner groove distortion. Most 45 rpm records I own run nowhere close to filling the side out so no chance of distortion.

I only own a handful of 45 rpm records, all carefully researched before purchasing with regards to source and mastering. The recent MOFI release of Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow actually works wonders with a record traditionally not generally well regarded for its recording quality.
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I have no 12 '' albums but quite a lot of 12'' 45 singles from the late 70/80s. Based on the experience of these (dynamics, power, cleanliness) I would fancy trying a 12'' album.   Never thought of tracking error but very good point. Richard
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