There's an argument to be made for not filling up each side (inner groove distortion is lessened) but I agree that it's not ideal for listening at all.
Oh, I was stating from their perspective, I still think they charge $100+ if they do a 1 LP of the one-step process.
I mean, it's a business decision that seems to be clearly working out for them, despite how much it sucks for the consumer. Craft sold $100k worth of One Steps in about 2 hours. The UHQRs always sell out. People are clearly willing to pay for it (and pay for more when they miss it...the Craft One Steps have been selling for $400-$500 on ebay which also sucks). Audiophiles have tons of money and aren't afraid to spend it.
I mean....most businesses base prices on what other competitors are charging. They all see how much they can get away with charging. They obviously don't copy and do the same exact price in every business sector, and a lot of times people will undercut others. These companies know they have a good thing going for them. If you can sell something limited for $125 a piece, why screw that up if you're a business? They are limiting to 10k at most for a lot of these. They take too long to print to do open runs (and it would be silly from a business perspective to do so). Most places say the One Steps take 8 months to press from start to putting it on the shelves. This kind of "price fixing" has been prevalent in records for a very long time. MoFis were $35 so AP started charging $35 and then $50 for 2xLPs. These are just even more amplified. One pressing plant controls all One Step production. I also would be willing to be that you can only really get a certain amount of pressings from a master tape on the One Steps. You're revisiting the master tape every 1,000 copies right? So it's not entirely like you can just scale up production to make money on much larger quantity.
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Pretty sure Qrates has a One Step option now available. But it's extra if you want the splatter.I think what actually needs to happen is some completion who come into the market place and show that audiophile records sell for newer albums and that undercuts them by selling with a fair margin and no numbers. Wonder if anyone is crazy enough to forward me the capital
I truly wonder how many pressings they can realistically do with One Step from an original master tape? Can they press 30,000 copies with 1,000 copies per stamper? I'd be willing to bet there is a limit especially for the good titles where master tapes aren't super accessible or in good shape. And in that case, you can't make up profit margins by selling more.I think what actually needs to happen is some completion who come into the market place and show that audiophile records sell for newer albums and that undercuts them by selling with a fair margin and no numbers. Wonder if anyone is crazy enough to forward me the capital
I'll never pay over $60, so I'm doing my part.
For single LPs I think that is my cut off too. Well, there are a couple exceptions. The In Rainbow diskbox was close to $100 but that is technically a Boxset. The only other one I can think of that was more was my copy of Brightblack Morning Light’s Self-titled LP which is OOP and I doubt coming back into print any time soon. I think that one was approximately $68 shipped which was actually a really good price at the time. Beyond that I start getting sweaty at around $50.
Does anyone know if the standard black isn't pressed at GZ? I've just had such poor experience with GZ...
Not an original but you can buy them.
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