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What's your favorite Audiophile label, and why?

There are a bunch of people doing great releases or reissues. Some of them I have liked quite a bit, others I haven't been too impressed.

Rather than pick on anyone, I will say I really like everything I got from Simply Vinyl, and I have quite a few. The new MFSL stuff sounds a lot better than the old releases. SOme of the new Living Stereo SACDs sound awfully good. I bought three of them in the last couple of weeks.

What do you like, and why?
128x128nrchy
hooper
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I'm not a big Steve Hoffman fan--I've met him several times at shows, and he's struck me as very arrogant--but I do like a lot of DCC's efforts. I listen mainly to rock and blues, and DCC, along with Mobile Fidelity, offered more of what I liked than other labels at the time. There were a few clinkers in there, but generally I thought that DCC productions were pretty darn good, whether on CD or vinyl.
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r_f_sayles
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Funny how sometimes quiet confidence can be so easily confused with arrogance. Being surrounded by acknowledgement, collaboration, and respect is not a crime and it has little to do with having (dare I suggest) some of the best sounding Lp masters of all time. IMHO. Cheers!
flemke
557 posts
 
The DCC LP's are getting my cash. Steve "very arrogant" surprized me. I do not get that on his web site.The old Mofi stuff is great too.

Tim
hooper
396 posts
 
What I sensed was not quiet confidence at all; it was arrogance. I know the difference. And many others who spoke with him sensed it too. He may be a perfectly nice guy, but the times I met him, his attitude left a sour taste in my mouth. May be that I caught him on bad days, who knows? Still, he clearly knows what he's doing--I don't deny that--and his LP and CD remasters are generally very good.
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