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please don't have a mastering engineer blast out the volume of your acoustic-based record. your s's will be ssssuper ssssibilant and the record will be prone to other surface noise issues in the pressing stage. better to go with a more dynamic master cut at a modest (but not especially quiet) volume. gotta groove's go to is http://www.wellmademusic.net/ and i would trust clint 100% with any rock record.  heavyweight vinyl is a safer bet if you can afford it, as the resistance to warping allows folks at the plant to tune in the machine for sound a bit more. a lot of that tuning in has everything to do with heating and cooling of the record, so a more resilient record can be tuned in a bit better without warping.

180g records were originally made because they were more resistant to warping. a lot of warping occurs as a necessary evil in the pressing process. the reason for this is that more heat (usually) = better filling of the grooves with vinyl. a lot of noisy records (most notably ones that are noisy at the beginning of each side) are that way because vinyl didn't fill those first few grooves. a press running 180g vinyl starts with a bigger biscuit (the hockey puck shaped piece that becomes a record) can be heated a lot more before warping, resulting in less surface noise, especially at the beginnings of sides. this doesn't mean that every 180g record is going to have pristine sound, just that the resistance to warping works to the advantage of 180g records. plus 180g records cost more... so any plant with a good business plan would take special care to make sure their most expensive records are held to the highest quality standard.

marc maron should come into this thread as part of his stamps.com deal

180g records were originally made because they were more resistant to warping. a lot of warping occurs as a necessary evil in the pressing process. the reason for this is that more heat (usually) = better filling of the grooves with vinyl. a lot of noisy records (most notably ones that are noisy at the beginning of each side) are that way because vinyl didn't fill those first few grooves. a press running 180g vinyl starts with a bigger biscuit (the hockey puck shaped piece that becomes a record) can be heated a lot more before warping, resulting in less surface noise, especially at the beginnings of sides. this doesn't mean that every 180g record is going to have pristine sound, just that the resistance to warping works to the advantage of 180g records. plus 180g records cost more... so any plant with a good business plan would take special care to make sure their most expensive records are held to the highest quality standard.

a buddy of mine sold some stuff to henry rollins on ebay a few years ago but that's the closest i have to an applicable story

180g records were originally made because they were more resistant to warping. a lot of warping occurs as a necessary evil in the pressing process. the reason for this is that more heat (usually) = better filling of the grooves with vinyl. a lot of noisy records (most notably ones that are noisy at the beginning of each side) are that way because vinyl didn't fill those first few grooves. a press running 180g vinyl starts with a bigger biscuit (the hockey puck shaped piece that becomes a record) can be heated a lot more before warping, resulting in less surface noise, especially at the beginnings of sides. this doesn't mean that every 180g record is going to have pristine sound, just that the resistance to warping works to the advantage of 180g records. plus 180g records cost more... so any plant with a good business plan would take special care to make sure their most expensive records are held to the highest quality standard.

cool to see all the coin flip love in here, i'll have to show this to our press operator heather who came up with the process

cool to see all the coin flip love in here, i'll have to show this to our press operator heather who came up with the process