Vinyl Test Pressing: Risks of Skipping It

Impressvinyl25 Sep, 2026Business

If you’ve ever priced out a vinyl run and wondered whether you could shave a step off the process, the test pressing is usually the first thing on the chopping block. It costs extra. It adds a week or two. And on paper, it looks skippable. It isn’t. Skipping a vinyl test pressing is one of the most common ways a full run of records ends up in a landfill or worse, in the hands of fans who paid for something that doesn’t sound right.