zombie.modernist
Well-Known Member
My issue is, they've proven they can deliver the quality at the same price point with Classics, so now it just seems lazy that they don't try to meet the same (I know AAA is less likely to be possible, but still) standard for Essentials or RHH.
I hear yah, it annoys me to no end as you know from our exchanges here!
I think volume and lead-time is the real problem. The better plants, like RTI, QRP, Pallas, and sometimes Record Industry probably can't handle the volume and turnaround that GZ, United and Rainbo can. If they used QRP for everything I would be much happier, but it's probably just the business reality of the industry for the volume the insist on making.
Agree with your points on untapped potential. The issue is there really aren't any audiophile labels that give a shit about hip-hop, or indie rock, or most alternative rock. Even the more interesting audiophile labels like Pure Pleasures, Tone Poet or Speaker's Corner still stay relatively within audiophile approved genres like jazz, classic soul and rock. Sure they dig deeper than the banal crap that MoFi sees fit to regurgitate, but they still don't seem to have the taste for great music that VMP does.
I just wish VMP would really follow through with their quality promise. Like sure maybe something like Tical sounds like crap and only exists digitally, but why not give the files to a top hip-hop mastering engineer? Why not get it pressed at the quietest best plants if you really want it to shine? Essentially what bothers me is they do exactly what they've professed not to, reducing hip-hop and indie rock to second class citizens.