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In the 55 years since its release, Maggot Brain, Funkadelic's funk-rock masterpiece, has gone from being called "a shattered, desolate landscape with few pleasures" and "horrible mush" in a 1971 Rolling Stone review to coming in at #136 in that same publication's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time."

Now that vinyl is again a growing and profitable reality, various schemes and ideas have emerged to improve the sound quality and raise the price of vinyl, especially vinyl reissues. From Mastercuts and One-Steps to Original Master Recordings and UHQR, vinyl records have never been offered in so many high-quality forms that both sound better and cost more.

In the first installment of his non-video Audio Video Show Warsaw 2026 reports, Jason Victor Serinus relays his experiences with new and current gear from D'Agostino, dCS, Wilson, VTL, Nordost, AudioVector, REL, and Moon by Simaudio.