what are you listening to?
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The First-Gen, Sony Metal Master (non-Super) ... just like the one in my avatar. They are the "go-to" staple for my most arduous mixes and comprise the majority of my recorded tape library. I have a Fort Knox cache of them to last a life-time... 
btw, as nice as Gen 1 MM's are I favour the '88-era Sony Metal ES. As well as being much more ubiquitous, relatively cheaper and easily obtainable, I also subscribe to the school of thought/opinion that they actually sound and perform better than Gen 1 MM's, which is why I also have a healthy stash of used and NOS examples.
The Police anthology set is just CDs. I like the idea of seeing some Metal Masters used to base a commercial release on tho... Cool dream.
No doubt Metal-ES is good stock but they don't compare - from my experience. Doesn't do much to debate it tho - it's somewhat subjective and machine dependent.
What I paid for the MM's was highly fractional, even compared to the going MSRP at the time. 1994-ish time frame...
At one point, I had about 30 of the 5-pack cases. One of those "being at the right place & time" sort of things. The vendor I bought them from didn't really know what they had and obviously didn't have a looking-glass to see where prices were ultimately destined to soar to. It still blows my mind
I have managed to add to the cache in more recent years, because of strategic 'score' opportunities, but only as a way to supplement passing them around and/or doing special projects.
No doubt Metal-ES is good stock but they don't compare - from my experience. Doesn't do much to debate it tho - it's somewhat subjective and machine dependent.
What I paid for the MM's was highly fractional, even compared to the going MSRP at the time. 1994-ish time frame...
At one point, I had about 30 of the 5-pack cases. One of those "being at the right place & time" sort of things. The vendor I bought them from didn't really know what they had and obviously didn't have a looking-glass to see where prices were ultimately destined to soar to. It still blows my mind
I have managed to add to the cache in more recent years, because of strategic 'score' opportunities, but only as a way to supplement passing them around and/or doing special projects.
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