Eliminator Jr.

Just passed on my copy, 56 dollars + customs is just not reasonable for me right now. Will go for the 15$ retail instead.

Yuck's self-titled debut album. Just so ugly

I'm looking to unload my white copy if anyone is interested.  I'm not really digging this record a whole lot.  I think I'm asking $23ppd in my thread?  (Remember I'm in Canada so I'm losing money selling it for $23ppd).

I'd jump on this in a heartbeat, if it wasn't for our polar opposites =/

No arrowheads, but this FINALLY showed up! So stoked to give these a spin. The green and white look pretty awesome, but I will listen to the black ones first. Not quite sure yet on which book to read 

Also bought the limited Wreck & Reference and that beer/black swirl is a blast.

Bought the green retail copy. Looks and sounds absolutely fantastic. Such a great production job by almighty Kurt Ballou. 

Also got a shipping confirmation minutes after my payment. Also noticed that a few minutes later he'd no longer send this item to Germany.. Then it went up 15$.. My brain will burst apart if this shows up eventually..

Awesome, I'm so excited for this.. this thing is hella expensive in german retail.. around 220 dollars. This is a steal..

Fuck! I was literally just about to buy this, and it sold out. Oh well.

Ehh I just bought one.. It says he still has more than 10 left..

Sorry for my double post, but someone posted a link to EU colored versions probably 10 pages back. Not that I expect anyone to keep up with that.

Yeah it's pretty hawt in here.. Good to know!

So both albums and the two 7"s just showed up on the sales-system I'm working with in a record store and it shows two variants for each album. One black, one colored, without any further specifications. I haven't yet read anything about an exclusive EU-variant, but that is what it seems to be. Street date is November 7th over here.

Whirr "reviewing" Pitchfork just makes them seem like whiny brats. The reviewer had valid points. They didn't say the record is absolute garbage, just formulaic. And 6.9 is a good, if not great score on a 10 point scale.

No, and I'm not expecting it to arrive anymore.

They said to wait until the 24th, and if not, they'll refund.

It's a bummer but it can't be helped apparently.

Man, that sucks   They're readily available over here, got multiple copies in my store. Would love to help you out, but shipping costs might just blow things out of proportions..

'Repine' grew on me a LOT lately..

That statement refers to the US and is why they have so many noise problems with DC units that are powered from the little plug in PSU's, it's much less of a problem for us noise wise because of our tying neutral to ground before it gets to your house and as Slinch says the DC motor version should be more stable anyway so that would be my preference.

 

To be honest DC for a turntable motor is always my preference and if I was in the US I would build a decent PSU.

Thanks man, helps a lot!

I do understand the point of criticism executed in the review. This is shoegaze at it's most classic and 90's glorifying. While there's nothing wrong with that, I follow the authors disappointment in how samey and 'standard' this record is. Not every good shoegaze record has to be genre-bending, but to me the new songs just don't deliver quite as Distressor or Around did. Still this is a good and really enjoyable album, I'm down at around 7/10.

Thanks for the detailed answer!

This means that in the US the supply is always what is referred to as floating and the electrical noise is difficult to drain but in Europe because the neutral is referenced it tends to drain to earth, with most electronics with a decent power supply doing the conversion from AC mains to DC to power it this noise is dealt with but not always and it shows up more in DC only supplied items as the little psu isn't well enough designed to get rid of the noise

Do I understand correctly that the AC would be the better choice for us Europeans?

This is the absolute perfect record for a night like tonight where I'm laying in bed, in an almost pitch black room with just candlelight, drinking a beer with my window open so I can just slightly hear the fall breeze outside.  

I feel ya.. Sprite for me, please

I doubt the humming would be such an issue in Europe as I think it's down to the neutral not being tied to earth in the US as we do in Europe.

Would you mind explaining the "neutral not being tied to the earth"-part a bit?

Unfortunately you cannot order the limited variant directly, but considering the fact that UN are quite unknown in Europe, 500 units shouldn't sell out too quickly.

Can't help you on whether they're digital or not, but Electr-O-Pura sounds phenomenal. Have to get my hands in the other ones, but they're pretty hard to come by already (I can feel.. + And then nothing.. in particular)

Ugh, what? Another Team Sleep record? Never would have thought that was going to happen. Ever.

Loooooved the first one.

Here ya go: https://www.finestvinyl.de/de/item/75975/vinyl.20.html

Read into the AC-model humming problems a bit and I'd be pretty bummed if it was the case. So I made up my mind and decided to throw in an extra 50 bucks for the Debut Carbon DC Esprit. DC to be on the safe side of power supplies related humming issues and Esprit 'cause I really fell for the acrylic platter. Just looks so damn fine and even if it doesn't add much to the sound quality, 50€ on top seems reasonable considering that an update down the road would cost about 130..

Ordered the finest vinyl blood red with black oil splatter/491 a few days ago. Can't wait to finally spin this beast at home, all my 20+ listens of this were on train/busrides with okay on-ears.

I'd really love to see the Best of 2LP-repress happening. Really can't decide on a favourite album, but Boatman's Call, No More Shall We Part and The Good Son are right up there. Although I also enjoy his early and more abrasive stuff, his masterful balladry always struck me the most.