Hi Fi News & Record Review Test LP HFN 001 Audiophile Rare UK 1996
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Up for bid is a rare LP, The Hi-Fi News and Record Review Test Record (HFN 001). This is an audiophile LP - pressed on 180 gram virgin vinyl. This was released in the UK in 1996. LP is VG++, with several faint scuffs on side 1 and no spindle wear. LP is extremely clean and retains a nice gloss. Gatefold jacket is a solid VG+, with a smooth, glossy finish on the front and back. There is a small seam splits in the center of the bottom portion of the gatefold about an inch long. There is light wear on all corners. There is light ring wear on the back of the jacket. The colors are still bright and the jacket retains a nice gloss. Here is some extra info from the internet about this LP:
This is the original HFN Test LP, first pressed in 1996. Produced by Len Gregory, The Cartridge Man. This has sold an amazing 10,000 copies around the world.
This is an Audiophile pressing on 180gm virgin vinyl. The resulting mechanical quality is excellent, flat, stable and quiet, everything that an audiophile pressing should be!
In total, there are 16 tracks. Side one covers channel identification and phasing, pink noise, and bias settings (Four tracks at increasing amplitudes). Side two contains tracking ability bands at the outside, middle and inside of the disc, cartridge/arm resonance and alignment tests, full frequency (20Hz-20Khz) test and a residual noise test. All bands are separated by locked grooves. The package is completed with the inclusion of a unique, multi-discipline, alignment protractor, a truly universal device that can be used to set up all sizes and types of arm to fine degrees of accuracy, a reprint of the seminal article by John Crabb on the theory and practice of arm/cartridge alignment, and copious sleeve notes to take the user through the set up procedure step by step. This kind of a high-quality rare, out of print item is very hard to find!
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