Caldera - Sky Islands - Super Hot Stamper

Caldera - Sky Islands - Super Hot StamperThis Super Hot Stamper Caldera album has Demo Disc sound, big and bold, wall to wall and then some! Listen to the monster drum at the opening of "Sky Islands" its not deep like the bass drum in an orchestra, but its solid, punchy and way up front in the mix where it really grabs your attention right from the get go. Its the perfect introduction to a band that wants to get in your face and knock you over with the power and energy of their music. The

Lack of Smear

played on a modern audiophile rig

The really good RVG pressings (often on the later labels) sound shockingly close to live music -- uncompressed

and we think this copy strikes that balance well

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if our experience with the hundreds we've played can serve as a guide

Try $1500 and up

We're ideally looking for something akin to Blue here

Well recorded Beethoven is hard to come by

Achieving just the right balance of "Moody Blues Sound" and transparency is no mean feat

Steely Dan

It just seems to me that somebody should have been able to figure out how to do it by now