180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl ??

I was on a site that sell LP's, and they have records that are '200 and 180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl' what does this mean?

Virgin vinyl is non recycled higher quality vinyl. I would suspect that most albums pressed now a days are from virgin vinyl because pressings are all pretty much ltd editions now. This however dose not mean a 180g virgin vinyl album will sound good. Mastering and source tapes play a huge roll in the sound of a record.

Virgin Vinyl= Pure vinyl which isn't recycled or adulterated with filler. Quieter as a rule surface wise. 180g or 200g= Weight of the record. Note= 200 g records are very tricky to manufacture without warpage. They take a longer time to press and longer to cool in the pressing cycle. 180 g records have similar issues in pressing. They are best played on tonearms with adjustable VTA (Vertical Tracking Angle) due to the fact that they are thicker records over the 120-140g pressings more prevalent in the normal record scene. :tresbon:

Thanks Kent - now I know what I am looking for

One more contributor to virgin vinyl...When firing up the equipment to make a pressing for a day's run, it takes dozens of pressing for the equipment to stabilize (temperature, pressure, etc.). These warm-up pressings, as well as other quality rejects, are ground up and the results are called re-grind. For non-virgn vinyl, there is some percentage of re-grind (and resultant impurities, like lable paper, dust, etc.) that goes into the hopper with the virgin pellets. Virgin vinyl has, in theory, no re-grind in it.

Enjoy,
Rich P