ScaleTheInferno

No comments on sound quality vs CD here peeps? Don't wanna lay down cash if there's no real improvement....the original CD was pretty compressed.

How does this pressing sound? Any less compressed than the CD?  Or same mastering but higher definition, sort of thing?

When the pre-order dropped I asked MOV about the source, they just told me hi-res files.  I asked if they remastered it for vinyl but got no reply.  

How does it sound? Any different to CD? I'd consider picking this up if it beat that, but somehow I doubt it..

Sorry I didn't read that properly. Give it time to burn in. I never use the EQ, it's not harsh. Then again, I never had a 2 grand amp to compare it to. But hearing you lamentations makes me want to. Been telling myself I'd be an idiot to chuck £800 on a Naim Nait 5si. Your comments are like a passive little devil sitting on my shoulders now.

The PM6005 is a great bang for buck amp. I run my TV and blu ray through it.  But if you're using it for the built in phono stage? Umm hello mediocrity city. 

Source - own one and a trichord dino, beautiful combo

1 hour ago, hammertime said:

I've never really had issues, but Discogs is so much easier and takes less in fees, and when I search for records to BUY on eBay it seems like a wasteland...I guess I figured most people had just migrated over.

Obsessive fans of cult bands don't really use discogs, in my experience.  Prices still go for higher on eBay.  For buying, it's mostly G+/VG stuff being graded as NM / Excellent or VG+++++, or the old "good condition for it's age" , which means it's survived being a clock, nailed on a diner wall, frisbie without breaking, and possibly lived in a spider nest in the attic.

This reminds me of a Tool bootleg I sold to a guy on eBay. Graded it as VG+ because of corner dings. A german guy won the auction about 2/3rd what I paid, so it was a loss from the get-go, but then he had the audacity to raise a dispute/refund because my photos didn't show how bad the corner dings were claimed the listing misleading.  (they weren't, that's why you couldn't see them without an effing zoom lens) 

I told him the grading reflected minor dings but he wouldn't budge. Never had a buyer dispute raised in my life, I pride myself on accurate gradings. Gave him a discount and called it a day.  But next time I'm not putting up with that baloney. 

On 10/15/2016 at 6:46 PM, piky0032 said:

If they are anything like the 2014 remasters its an easy pass for me....thought they sounded flat and muddy

 

And €150+ isnt helping 

They weren't remasters, they were flat CD transfers. I went out on a limb and ordered this set in the hope of good mastering....will post my findings after listening.

Sorry to derail this thread but it made me think of my 2010 copy of Jane Doe 2x12". 

There is a terrible skip during "Hell To Pay" and just wondered if anyone else experienced that or could recommend alternate pressings without skipping issues.  I don't care about ltd editions and colours, just the best sound. Makes it bloody hard to sell second hand because you know it's defective. Nearly pulled my hair out trying different VTF & bias settings etc before concluding it definitely wasn't set up related, as well as the fact no other record in my collection of over 300 LPs skips. My system is not entry level

Thanks for sharing that, Dave. A tremendous woman, singer and band leader, what a sad loss. RIP Sharon.

On 11/11/2016 at 9:42 PM, freedumb said:

Expect brickwalled flat CD transfers too.... it's nuclear blast!

 

Indeed

I saw a Crosley at a record fair earlier this year. The guys using it were 50-something record geeks. I thought it was pretty cool, the sound was better than I expected and seemed like a good shoestring solution without all the audiophile faff. And let's face it, hifi is a total faff and if you can't accept that then vinyl is a waste of time. Unless it's as cheap and convenient as this. Would I buy one? Probably not. Unless I wanted to listen to records in the bath or something. Wait, there's an idea..

Seller "deadlight" on discogs. Grades his stock as MINT but in reality it's VG or VG+. One disc I received was totally warped and unplayable. Doesn't respond to complaints. Don't trust this guy.

Have all these LPs and EPs been remastered for vinyl? Can't see any mention about that, may have missed it.

Has anyone picked this up? I've been trying to find out if this (and Opacities) have been mastered for vinyl, or just flat CD transfers. 

I've got the CD versions of both. The 2014 RSD pressing by Basick Records was terrible. Sounded worse than mp3. 

I've got the 2015 RSD of Trees which sounds pretty good, but I don't have the original CD to compare it too. 

I wish labels would be more forthcoming about their master sources.