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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?
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r_f_sayles
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There are so many... As of recently it has to be Chad's Analogue Productions' 45rpm jazz vinyl reissues. I am receiving these monthly and my press number is in the double digits.
The sound is some of the best of all time. Very dynamic, nice quiet vinyl, and they were mastered right and cut on tube gear. Beautiful stuff. Cheers!
wrtickle
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-the AP 45s are kick a**, period. Nothing better is being put to market right now.
-speakers corner lps are super quiet. Although some of them lack absolute dynamic slam, they are very, very good sonically
-classic stuff is hit or miss for me, some great, some suck, most are very detailed presentations.
-right now I am spinning mosaic's comlete miles bitches brew, which I just picked up and I am stoked about the sonics.
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
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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
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