German hi-end label Stockfish has announced a new type of LP: a copper DMM Dubplate, which should make SQ better than anything analog. Great idea, it’s just one of these costs about three Tidal Hifi annual subscriptions.

At first I thought I’d try it just for the fun of it, but seeing price I think I’ll pass.



From Stockfish website:
“We have found a new way to bring vinyl fans even closer to the original recording. Our DMM lathe cuts the audio into a copper plated steel disc. We normally use this process to create a 14" DMM-Master that is sent to pressing plants for the production of vinyl records.

Our new DMM-Dubplate however, is about the same size as a 12" vinyl record. This makes it possible to play it on any record player and helps you bypass the loss in sound quality that is caused by the additional steps in the production of records, such as galvanic processes and the pressing of the vinyl.

The DMM-Dubplate avoids issues like pre-echos and crackling noises. The high purity phosphate-copper has very little groove noise and clicking noises are seldom. Only one side of a DMM disc is recordable since the backside is not copper plated. The tracking force of the tonearm can be left as is.”


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