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	Quality vinyl made easy and delivered on time. Sounds like a fairy tale right? Not with Furnace MFG. We have exclusive North American partnerships with three of the best audiophile quality pressing plants in Europe and Japan. Tired of noise, pops and hiss coming from your current pressing plant? How about flaky service, huge delays and nothing but frustration? Let Furnace MFG show you the new standard in vinyl pressing. We press and import audiophile quality vinyl into our packaging facility in Fairfax, Virginia. We inspect, package, box and ship right from our dock ensuring perfect quality and exact specifications. See why all the majors and audiophile labels are switching over to Furnace.

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• Where will my records be pressed?

Furnace has exclusive manufacturing partnerships with three of the best manufacturing plants in the world. The bulk of our small orders (under 5,000 units) are pressed at Record Industry in the Netherlands. They are well known in Europe for having the most capacity on the continent and for pressing consistent audiophile quality for labels such as EMI UK, Universal Europe and many other labels where only the best will do. All of their products are made from virgin PVC material that is made from a special formulation that has taken years to perfect. You will enjoy a flat, quiet record without the non-fill issues you will see from most of the other plants. Furnace is also very proud to have exclusive North American partnerships with two of the most regarded and recognized plants in the audiophile market - the Pallas Group from Germany and Toyokasei located in Japan. Both produce records that outshine the competition and are well worth the extra dollars spent. Please ask your salesperson for a special quote if you are interested in having your next release pressed at either of these fine facilities.

• What color vinyl do you offer?

Furnace MFG's main goal is to produce the best sounding records in the world. With this as our primary goal, we only offer colors that are pre-mixed and tested by our plastic supplier. This is the only way we can ensure that you will get the best audio quality - even on colored vinyl. Here are the colors we currently offer:

- Solid Blue
- Transparent Blue
- Solid Red
- Transparent Red
- Solid Orange
- Transparent Orange
- Transparent Green
- Transparent Fluorescent Green
- Solid Pink
- Solid Yellow
- Solid Silver
- Solid Gold
- Solid White
- Solid Dark Blue

WIth 12" and 10" records we can mix two colors together providing various effects to the final product. 7" records are only pressed as single colors.

Note: When pressing on color vinyl you should expect a little bit swirl from the color previously pressed on the machine. This is often desired by customers as these tend to be more valuable on the collector's market. To produce clean coloured vinyl (with no speckles or swirls), an additional cleaning fee will apply.

• Why Furnace?

Furnace MFG has been hard at work pressing CDs and DVDs for the independent music community since 1996. We now offer the same great service we are known for to customers searching for quality vinyl records and packaging. Furnace has made Exclusive agreements with three of the best pressing plants in the world to provide the best sounding records on the planet. Many people ask why our prices are more expensive than pressing plants in the US. The answer is simple: we offer the best quality sound and physical product on the plantet and it costs a bit more to produce this kind of quality. Vinyl pressing is a refined art - unlike a modern CD plant. It takes decades of experience to produce consistent quality records and by teaming up with our partners, we have over 120 years of knowhow in the pressing business. Furnace works with our partners overseas to press and package sleeved vinyl that is then shipped to Furnace MFG in Fairfax, Virginia. The meticulous staff at Furnace MFG inspects and plays each record for quality and consistency. It is then assembled, packaged, boxed and shipped right from our state of the art packaging facility on to your location. Furnace is your one stop source for vinyl, jackets, inserts, posters, dropcards, mastering, cutting or anything else vinyl related.

• What kind of masters do you accept?

Furnace can accept a formatted audio CD-R, uploaded digital files, cut lacquers or mother plates. When supplying a CD-R, please burn each side on a separate disc to avoid confusion. If this is not a possibility, make sure a track listing is provided with clear directions on which songs are to appear on each side. When supplying digital files, please put each side's content in a separate folder. Also, it would be helpful to use a naming convention that includes the side, track number and song name (ex: A-01-smells_like_teen_spirit.aiff). When CD-R or Digital FIles are supplied, Furnace MFG used DMM (direct to metal mastering), cutting your master direct to copper plates. If you intend on supplying lacquers, please note that they degrade rather quickly and are very fragile. Make sure they are packaged very well (best packed in a styro-pack) and send via Express Air using UPS or FedEx immediately after they are cut. Make sure your cutting house supplies the pertinent info along with the lacquers so we can match them up with your order as soon as they get to the plant. If you are repressing a record that has already been pressed or has previously been plated at another facility, we can accept your Mother Plates or DMM Copper Plates. Make sure not to send master/father or stamper plates as we will not be able to use these. Make sure these are packed well and are enclosed in a protective sleeve to prevent scratches or abrasions. Often times metal work is stored in cardboard jackets. These can do harm when used to ship via air carrier. When supplying lacquers or mother plates, have the cutting facility / plant send them directly to our plant's shipping address on your estimate and not to our US address.

• What is your standard turnaround / lead time?

Our standard lead time is a consistent 4-5 weeks from the time your have approved your test pressing and label art proofs. Sometimes a week shorter or longer depending on the quantity and the complexity of the order but we can promise you that we will not take your order unless we can turn it around in this timeframe. Once the records are pressed they are shipped via airplane to our facilities and immediately inspected, packaged and shipped to you. By packaging all of the vinyl ourselves, we are able to speed up the process and have much more control over the quality final product to meet your highest expectations.

• What weight vinyl do you offer?

7" vinyl is pressed at 40 grams, 10" is 100g and 12" vinyl we offer 125 gram as standard and 180 gram for heavyweight. We offer other weights with our other pressing partners - Pallas (120g, 140g and 180g 12"s) and Toyokasei (140g, 180g and 200g 12"s).

• Can you etch something into the inner groove of the record?

Yes. If you are supplying us lacquers or mother plates with etching already included, this will appear on your pressing. If you need to add a custom etching to your supplied parts or you would like us to add a custom etching to your DMM plates, make sure to add this information on your order form. There will be a nominal fee if we are adding this to your supplied metalwork.

• How much music can I fit on one side of a record?

Factors such as compression and equalization are to be taken into account, but here is a good rule of thumb for how much music you can fit on each side of a record.

Format	Speed (RPM)	Optimum Timing	Max Timing*
12"	45	9 minutes	12 - 15 minutes
12"	33 1/3	12 - 14 minutes	22 - 24 minutes
12" (DJ Levels)	45	7 minutes	9 minutes
12" (DJ Levels)	33 1/3	9 minutes	12 minutes
10"	45	7 minutes	11 minutes
10"	33 1/3	9 minutes	14 minutes
7"	45	3 minutes	6 minutes
7"	33 1/3	5 minutes	9 minutes
			* longer times will result in a drop in EQ level and sound quality

Notes: There is some debate over these figures but Furnace has generally seen the best performance out of records cut in this time range. For every minute cut over the recommended optimal and maximum length you will see a noticeable drop in sound levels and sound quality. If you have a long playing record, consider going to a double record release to preserve the best sound quality. There is an extra mastering charge for cutting extra long masters so please inquire about pricing for this service.

• Can you custom etch an entire side of my record?

Yes. Send us full resolution graphics (should be one color line art - not grayscale or full color, ie - no dots) and we can make one side a non-playable piece of art. Contact your salesperson for a quote on this service.

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