Red Mosquito

Simple Torture wrote:Hey, can any of you recommend a tape deck that's relatively easy to get? Doesn't have to be top-of-the-line, just workable.

Check craig's for Nakamichi's.

kreng wrote:scored Mirrorball on discogs last night. $40. graded VG+/NM- and the seller has a good rating.. still a little nervous but if it shows up as promised i think i got a good deal.

Finally got it today and its beautiful. Records are mint and the reason the sleeve was vg+ was because of a very minor cut in the opening and the fact that the price tag tore off a little of the artwork. Barely noticeable. This is probably my best score to date.

Jealous. Mirrorball is probably amazing in this format.

Got a new Flexi-disc today.

JEFF The Brotherhood - Melting Place

Move over Sabbath.

Simple Torture wrote:Hey, can any of you recommend a tape deck that's relatively easy to get? Doesn't have to be top-of-the-line, just workable.

Tascam makes excellent decks.

Latest acquisitions:

NIN - Hesitation marks
Soungarden -Badmotorfinger
Dylan - Slow Train Coming
Dylan - Desire
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
Jesus & mary Chain - Honey's Dead

southp wrote:Latest acquisitions:

NIN - Hesitation marks
Soungarden -Badmotorfinger
Dylan - Slow Train Coming
Dylan - Desire
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
Jesus & mary Chain - Honey's Dead

How much did you pick up Badmotorfinger for?

Rangi Guy wrote:

southp wrote:Latest acquisitions:

NIN - Hesitation marks
Soungarden -Badmotorfinger
Dylan - Slow Train Coming
Dylan - Desire
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
Jesus & mary Chain - Honey's Dead

How much did you pick up Badmotorfinger for?

Is it the European pressing from the 2000s? I've seen it at record stores for ~$30, but I haven't pulled the trigger because I don't know how it sounds (afraid it's bootleg-ish).

Rangi Guy wrote:

southp wrote:Latest acquisitions:

NIN - Hesitation marks
Soungarden -Badmotorfinger
Dylan - Slow Train Coming
Dylan - Desire
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
Jesus & mary Chain - Honey's Dead

How much did you pick up Badmotorfinger for?

$21, latest reissue. Not sure where it was pressed. I'll report back on the quality.

BTW, i had Core and Purple in my hands but put them back on the shelf. It would've been $90 for the two albums and I just couldn't justify that.

southp wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:

southp wrote:Latest acquisitions:

NIN - Hesitation marks
Soungarden -Badmotorfinger
Dylan - Slow Train Coming
Dylan - Desire
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
Jesus & mary Chain - Honey's Dead

How much did you pick up Badmotorfinger for?

$21, latest reissue. Not sure where it was pressed. I'll report back on the quality.

BTW, i had Core and Purple in my hands but put them back on the shelf. It would've been $90 for the two albums and I just couldn't justify that.

That's a lot for Core and Purple. I think I would have done the same....actually I'd have probably just put Core back, told myself how much I'd just saved myself and still got Purple

Listening to Badmotorfinger now. It seems to be a 2003 euro pressing and sounds fantastic. I would recommend this pressing no problem.

Oh, Jimmy wrote:

Strat wrote: Black Crowes - Warpaint

FUCK!!!!

Strat wrote:oh, and Quadrophenia

YES!!!

This pressing is fucking shite. Its damn near un-listenable. Lots of distortion in almost all the tracks...

Is that the pressing or is there something else going on?

Strat wrote:

Oh, Jimmy wrote:

Strat wrote: Black Crowes - Warpaint

FUCK!!!!

Strat wrote:oh, and Quadrophenia

YES!!!

This pressing is fucking shite. Its damn near un-listenable. Lots of distortion in almost all the tracks...

Is that the pressing or is there something else going on?

If it's not dirty, then it may just been over-played. Heavy spinning will wear out the grooves and create distortion.

southp wrote:

Strat wrote:

Oh, Jimmy wrote:

Strat wrote: Black Crowes - Warpaint

FUCK!!!!

Strat wrote:oh, and Quadrophenia

YES!!!

This pressing is fucking shite. Its damn near un-listenable. Lots of distortion in almost all the tracks...

Is that the pressing or is there something else going on?

If it's not dirty, then it may just been over-played. Heavy spinning will wear out the grooves and create distortion.

it was a new record....

A new record should never be like that - at least not in my limited experience... Is your needle dirty/not sitting correctly?

Rangi Guy wrote:A new record should never be like that - at least not in my limited experience... Is your needle dirty/not sitting correctly?

Nothing else ive played sounded that bad

I guess ill try and re-set the needle and see if that helps

Strat wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:A new record should never be like that - at least not in my limited experience... Is your needle dirty/not sitting correctly?

Nothing else ive played sounded that bad

I guess ill try and re-set the needle and see if that helps

Sometimes you just get a bad pressing.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Strat wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:A new record should never be like that - at least not in my limited experience... Is your needle dirty/not sitting correctly?

Nothing else ive played sounded that bad

I guess ill try and re-set the needle and see if that helps

Sometimes you just get a bad pressing.

Often new records are quite dirty. You might want to clean it...Just a thought before you go messing with your alignment. If it sounds find with other records, it doesn't make sense that it's off for just this one. BTW, is it more on the inner grooves that it's bad or throughout the whole album?

southp wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Strat wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:A new record should never be like that - at least not in my limited experience... Is your needle dirty/not sitting correctly?

Nothing else ive played sounded that bad

I guess ill try and re-set the needle and see if that helps

Sometimes you just get a bad pressing.

Often new records are quite dirty. You might want to clean it...Just a thought before you go messing with your alignment. If it sounds find with other records, it doesn't make sense that it's off for just this one. BTW, is it more on the inner grooves that it's bad or throughout the whole album?

Some songs were worse than others but overall I thought the entire listening experience was painful :\

I wiped it down with solution and the "brush" too...

Strat wrote:

southp wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Strat wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:A new record should never be like that - at least not in my limited experience... Is your needle dirty/not sitting correctly?

Nothing else ive played sounded that bad

I guess ill try and re-set the needle and see if that helps

Sometimes you just get a bad pressing.

Often new records are quite dirty. You might want to clean it...Just a thought before you go messing with your alignment. If it sounds find with other records, it doesn't make sense that it's off for just this one. BTW, is it more on the inner grooves that it's bad or throughout the whole album?

Some songs were worse than others but overall I thought the entire listening experience was painful :\

I wiped it down with solution and the "brush" too...

What does it mean when the inner or outer grooves sound better or worse? I've always thought my outer grooves sounded a little rough compared to the inner...