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taking the platter off isn't too bad, it's a little annoying if you're just listening to one 45, or if one side of a record is a 45 (the first shai hulud 7"), but if you are going to listen to a bulk of 45's in a row, it's no big deal. i rarely listen to 45's so it's not really an issue for me. and yeah, the switch turns the motor on, you have to place the needle yourself, when the record is done the needle sits on the last groove and you have to remove it yourself and turn the motor off.

direct drive isn't better... more moving parts=more noise. less isolation between motors, etc. for all you guys looking at dj-esque turntables. don't. unless you're planning on djing, those things tear your records to shit. they're not built for fidelity, they're built for ruggedness. the arms are super heavy and the needles super burly and they wear down the grooves in your records. i decided at one point that i actually cared about how my records sounded and was going to invest in a good turntable. so i bought this puppy (sorry for the uber huge image): it's a music hall mmf 2.1 LE. and i had it upgraded with a grado red series cartridge. it has no automatic parts. the motor and platter and arm are all isolated from each other in different routings in the wood, the 33/45 switch is done manually by removing the platter and changing the belt yourself. the platter is made out of a super heavy duty alloy. the motor itself is suspended on rubber bands to minimize vibrations through the base. it runs on a wallwart to eliminate any current hum running through the electronics. it quite simply is the balls.

excellent.

i still haven't seen/heard concrete news about this. is there gonna be a pre-order? is it every man for himself on release day?

in addition to being on sick colors, with a sweet gatefold, it's totally remixed and remastered and it sounds SICK. i suggest it for anybody that likes music.

is there a pre-order somewhere for the DH record?

haha... um... ok.

does anyone actually know the pressing numbers on this?

oakland, when's the show? i'm pretty much just interested in the city of echoes, i'd even be willing to paypal you some money ahead of time if need be.

it was really hard to get a good picture of this, clearly the red and gold don't haze together like the yellow/gold. but it's still a pretty cool looking record.

the singer in my band's old band toured with limbeck when they were a pop punk band. we played with them once too... they're seriously the nicest dudes ever. and their new record is definately the best thing they've ever done.

oh, i know those bands exist, but i know approximately what vinyl is available from them already, that's why they weren't included in the post.

who knows what of these records has been pressed on vinyl? cap'n jazz - an alphabetapolothology owls - s/t american football - s/t ghosts and vodka - precious blood

i'm not sure... we are the romans is up there. my sons of abraham - termites in his smile is up there for me. just because i love that record and i've never met anyone else that has it.

that would be stupendous my friend.

bummer, they won't have them when they hit albuquerque.

in star wars episode 3, anakin is wearing my bands tshirt.

i've never heard of this.

how out of print? are there degrees of being out of print? i'm not sure i understand the question.

according to robotic empire it's brown.

here's the version from the neurot store:

today i def went a bit overboard. - 108 - red/gold - hope con - gold/black - torche - green/clear/brown - converge/agoraphobic split - yellow splatter - a few things from benchwarmer. no more records for me for a month!

i mostly agree... i didn't like the brown a lot at first. but now i'm kinda into it. i think i might go with clear, green, and brown. people around here have good taste.

i'll probably buy a few... but i'm having trouble deciding b/c i don't have money for ALL of them!

i got it off ebay. i was searching for an actual pressing of the record and found that one, i won it for like 5 dollars + 5 bucks shipping or something like that.