![]() I’ve heard hundreds, thousands, including a good portion of the audiophile classics – Casino Royale, The Sheffield Track Record, Mobile Fidelity Ultradiscs, you name it. I’ve been listening to records since I was a baby. I moved the tonearm further into the record… But, no, my system was working it was just that the surface of this copper-clad disc was remarkably quiet. I heard nothing but quiet – no groove noise, no pre-echo, no nothing. I will admit being a little hesitant in dropping the needle of my not-inexpensive Grado cartridge onto the surface.Īt first, I thought I had forgotten to turn my phono stage on. Only one side has music, because the back side is not plated so music can’t be cut into it.īefore going any further, I know what you’re thinking, the same thing I did: will this metal record damage my stylus?Īccording to Stockfisch, no, and more on that later. 1 includes five tracks from Chris Jones, Carl Cleves & Parissa Bouas, Ewen Carruthers and Sara K. 1 is the master: it’s directly cut from the mastering lathe!ĭMM Dubplate Vol. Stockfisch takes the idea further – the DMM Dubplate Vol. ![]() 1 was, like conventional direct metal mastering (DMM), to remove a number of the steps involved in physically mastering and pressing standard vinyl records (the need to produce a mother, father and stamper), and eliminate the generational loss resulting from the multi-step process. The record is slightly larger in diameter than a standard vinyl disc and has some weight to it. ![]() The box is specially-designed to keep the record as pristine as possible, with a foam surround and a silicone top plate that holds the record securely in the box. It comes in a beautifully-presented box with a detailed booklet – and a pair of white gloves for handling the disc. The disc is made from copper-plated steel and has a literally dazzling copper surface. ![]() I’d known of Stockfisch, but nothing could have prepared me for the record I recently received: Stockfisch’s DMM Dubplate Vol. They also offer their TTC-Pro True Transmission Cable speaker cable. The label has been releasing recordings on vinyl, DSD, SACD, Blu-ray and other formats and their artist roster includes Werner Lämmerhirt, David Qualley, Sara K., Allan Taylor, Carrie Newcomer, Katja Werker and a number of others. Find out more about the Vinyl Recorder at its suitably old-fashioned website here.Stockfisch Records is an audiophile label established in Germany in 1974 by owner/producer/engineer/Günter Pauler.Anyway, we’ve got a video of the whole thing in action for you below.ĭo say: Fantastic! I can finally press my own unique sample sets for my all analogue scratch DJ sessions.ĭon’t say: Is that a 96kbps YouTube MP3 rip you’re cutting to that pristine piece of vinyl there? Video talkthrough But the unit has actually been around for 15 years and, unsurprisingly, the company is reporting brisk trade in the past four years as vinyl has resurfaced somewhat. ![]() Whether or not you’d really want to cut vinyl from digital recordings in 2016 is another question entirely. The Technics’ tonearm is used for monitoring your recording, and the brass-looking manual dial on the Vinyl Recorder “moves on” the cutting head to give you the visible gaps between the music on your finished vinyl. The Vinyl Recorder takes music straight from, say, your MacBook (that’s how they were demoing it here at the NAMM 2016 Media Preview Day), and cuts it directly to a piece of blank vinyl, playing on nothing more that a standard Technics SL1210. Kid Koala’s got one and is DJing with tracks he’s cut using it, so it’s no gimmick… Ever fancied cutting your own vinyl? Well, for $4000, you could own a machine that looks like it’s straight out of Back To The Future that does just that.Įver fancied cutting your own vinyl? Well, for a not-unreasonable $4000, you could own a machine that looks like it’s straight out of Back To The Future that does just that, complete with a liquid cooling system and lots of tubes and dials. ![]()
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