The Vinyl Thread: Still Listen On Wax, Don't Use The CD

[Jorge]

That album sounds really awful on CD. Is the vinyl mastering different?

[Simple Torture]

That album sounds really awful on CD. Is the vinyl mastering different?

It sounds way, way different, so much so that it struck me during the first song--I've only ever listened to it on MP3, I think. I remember it sounding pretty brickwalled and fuzzy, but the LP has lots of range. There are quiet parts to the tunes that I've never noticed before.

[Norah]

I don't understand the point of shelling out money for spoken word on vinyl. Music on vinyl is one thing because you can argue you like the sound better.

[epilogue]

Yield. Original pressing.

[epilogue]

Imma listen to 'Happy When I'm Crying' next.

[bodysnatcher]

yeah i never understood the point of comedy sets on vinyl. the whole format just fights against the idea of a live comedy performance, having to flip things mid-set and interrupt the flow

[iweartwoshoes]

Wild Beasts - Boy King
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Neil Young - Zuma

Radiohead should be here any day now.

[epilogue]

Any of you guys have experience with (or know anyone who has experience with) vnyl.org?

[Simple Torture]

Any of you guys have experience with (or know anyone who has experience with) vnyl.org?

The general consensus is: stay away. I can add some links later.

[epilogue]

Any of you guys have experience with (or know anyone who has experience with) vnyl.org?

The general consensus is: stay away. I can add some links later.

No need. That's kinda what I figured. I did a little digging around myself. Just hadn't ever heard of them until today and I kinda like the concept.

[Simple Torture]

Any of you guys have experience with (or know anyone who has experience with) vnyl.org?

The general consensus is: stay away. I can add some links later.

No need. That's kinda what I figured. I did a little digging around myself. Just hadn't ever heard of them until today and I kinda like the concept.

They've changed the concept a few times. When they started up, they billed themselves as "Netflix for vinyl"--i.e., you'd get a couple of records per month, and you could return the ones you didn't like for others. They later found out this was actually illegal, so they changed their subscription plan without informing customers first. So, yeah, stay away.

[verb_to_trust]

Left speaker has been cutting out lately. Checked all the connections. Old Dynaco piece of crap has probably about had it.

[Simple Torture]

Left speaker has been cutting out lately. Checked all the connections. Old Dynaco piece of crap has probably about had it.

I was having trouble with one speaker, and it ended up being that one of the pins in the tone arm (whete the headshell connects) was stuck in a weird position. It's worth Googling every part of your system to see if that's a known issue.

[verb_to_trust]

Yeah I did some research and came up with a few things and that was one. I'm also going to switch channels on the speakers and see if the cut stays on the left.

[Simple Torture]

Atta boy.

[LoathedVermin72]

Having a fancy set-up sounds like a pain in the ass.

[Kevin Davis]

It also seems like a complete crapshoot as to whether a run of pressings of any given record is just going to be flat-out defective. A bunch of people on the Hoffman forums were posting pictures of their "Skeleton Tree" vinyls with a bunch of weird white scuffs on them. That would drive me bonkers.

[Simple Torture]

It also seems like a complete crapshoot as to whether a run of pressings of any given record is just going to be flat-out defective. A bunch of people on the Hoffman forums were posting pictures of their "Skeleton Tree" vinyls with a bunch of weird white scuffs on them. That would drive me bonkers.

Yeah, I've heard Skeleton Tree is a mess. I'm waiting until Amazon gets them back in stock, because they have a very liberal return policy (free shipping both ways for replacements). If this happens at a record shop or another online retailer, you may be shit out of luck.

[verb_to_trust]

I wish I had another stylus to swap in too but I don't, I could have had an awesome process of elimination themed Friday night.

[verb_to_trust]

Having a fancy set-up sounds like a pain in the ass.

Pretty much. And I'm not very handy (read: an idiot) so fixing whatever is wrong turns into a big task.