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Post by evildead78 on Nov 16, 2016 10:41:25 GMT -5
Just finished my first listen - happy to report that mine sounded amazing and played perfectly with no skipping. Sorry that you may have gotten a bad copy, but hopefully it's not widespread. edit: I should say, the tone arm is definitely more wavy on side B but audibly I could not hear anything weird. edit 2: Well shit, on my second listen I did hear some weirdness. Hey, sorry to hear that and thanks for letting me know. Grrrr, time for the CD revival anyone? (Joke😉).
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Post by evildead78 on Nov 11, 2016 12:15:03 GMT -5
AKM sounds and played great. No issues at all. I've played SS four times now (in the hope I was seeing and hearing things) but there's no missing it. My wife even noticed and commented last night.
As for 'first world problems', you're right of course. Just frustrating because it's been a long wait to get SS on vinyl. Genuinely hope this isn't common throughout the pressing and everyone gets their pristine copies sooner rather than later.
Would appreciate any updates if/when they start to arrive though.
Kris
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Post by evildead78 on Nov 10, 2016 18:01:05 GMT -5
Hi all,
Long-time lurker first-time poster. I was made up to find my vinyl reissues of AKM and SS on my doorstep today (first time I've smiled in two days!). Anyway, in keeping with the trend of 2016, the joy was quickly tempered. I stuck on the white vinyl SS first and all was good until I flipped it over to side two - which is pressed waaay off-centre. Please note: I am no audiophile (and I find the lengths some will go to to take the immediate joy out of music by obsessively comparing and contrasting 'sound stage's, 'upper levels' and 'lower end's amazing) but this is pretty unmissable. The tone-arm is waving all over the place and it's audibly noticeable pretty much throughout the side but particularly on Crucifixion Cruise' (to be expected) and HARRF. I was just wondering if anyone else has had this issue?
On a related note: how much does it suck that this so common among 'new' records? Like I said, I don't expect perfection but, for example, the American pressing of the last Nick Cave album was criminal. I took it back to my local record store in Houston and the guy didn't even check, just smiled apologetically, told me I was the third person to return a copy and actually advised me to not bother trying another one ("just wait for another pressing") . Shortly after that, I got a recent repress of the lost Gene Clark album 'Two Sides to Every Story' (good album!). Sounds great but the first track on each side are unplayable because of a warp. A little 'net search confirmed my copy was not an anomaly.
Despite all the bullshit hipster, Urban Outfitter-connotations, vinyl is the still way to go. Sound preferences etc. notwithstanding, records are just more fun. But given the cost these days, it shouldn't be too much to expect a half decent pressing for a brand new product.
Anyway, i'm sorry that my only post on here is negative. My disappointment is only because SS is probably one of my five favourite albums of all time. Just to end on a positive - I'm on Killer Parties right now and AKM has played perfectly and never sounded better.
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