andables Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 damn. cancelled my UK order as well. i am just going to get AE and Von from Amazon here. Hopefully ( ) gets a better release state side than the EU press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serious business Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Still getting both, but luckily I prefer AB to ( ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloudsbelow Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Bought myself recently Okki Nokki and I have since cleaned many records (which were a lot noisier than the 2009 DMM Sigur Ros records - same type of noise, new records) with great success. So a proper deep wet cleaning can do wonders. I will finally deep-clean my DMM Sigur Ros versions this weekend and will let you know. from what I have read its distortion during the louder parts.. which to me sounds like they cut them way too hot. sad. cleaned my 2013 re on a VPI16.5 and it made no noticeable improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelso330 Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I have both the original and DMM repress of ( ) and actually my original is a little more noisy...but it does have some light scratches (bought it used years ago) but overall my DMM is almost flawless.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freverend Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 My copy sounds great! Did not try to compare to the cd version but it sounds OK! Washed it beforehand on my OkkiNokki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onwardempire Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Just got these (AgB, ( ) ) both in today then read this post so decided to document the tracks as I go through. Only have time for ( ) tonight: A1-3 crystal clear B1 - a bit shaky in the right channel throughout, though parts of the track sound great. B2 - really crisp even at the quiet start and end C1 - rough in the right channel, particularly when the song starts ramping up, this sounds spectacular when it really kicks in, however you can tell the noise is still lingering in the background C2 - beautiful when quiet, when that noise kicks in doe :/ painful, dreadful, gah D - the rumor mill is true, there is something not right here either, a bit squirly in the quieter parts when he's doing those icelandic howls or whatever they are, nowhere near as bad as C2. The end is a quasi-distorted mess (although I actually kinda dig what the fault has caused here) entirely listenable and enjoyable If you're not in a rush to have this I would definitely give it a pass and see if the US press resolves some of these issues. For me I'll be keeping it as I got it at the cheaper price, C2 is the only extremely distorted track, but that happens to be my personal least favourite on the album anyway. poweredbytrust and radiatorhums 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markok Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I think C2 is distorted on all the previous presses too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchashorttime Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 damnit. i popped in here because i was stoked to see that my ( ) from amazon.co.uk had shipped, only to find out that it is a bad press. it probably isn't worth dealing with returning it to the uk, huh? unless i refuse delivery and it goes back on its own. any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsgoodtobefree Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 damnit. i popped in here because i was stoked to see that my ( ) from amazon.co.uk had shipped, only to find out that it is a bad press. it probably isn't worth dealing with returning it to the uk, huh? unless i refuse delivery and it goes back on its own. any ideas? Chat with Amazon... I told them before that shipping would be too expensive and they let me keep my record and gave me my money back. suchashorttime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchashorttime Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Chat with Amazon... I told them before that shipping would be to expensive and they let me keep my record and gave me my money back. good idea! thanks. easy as it sounds, it never dawned on me that they'd take care of it since it's a pressing issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchashorttime Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Chat with Amazon... I told them before that shipping would be too expensive and they let me keep my record and gave me my money back. just had the chat convo with amazon, and they refunded me just like you said. what a relief! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stravinsky Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 just had the chat convo with amazon, and they refunded me just like you said. what a relief! They refunded you before you received the album? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchashorttime Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 They refunded you before you received the album? yea. i told them that there is a known manufacturing error with the c/d side. he researched it and offered to refund me. it was pretty great. in fact, i've already promised myself that when it arrives i'll listen to it and if it, somehow, is not defective, i'll contact amazon and offer to pay for it again. i am 100% loyal to that kind of service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stravinsky Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 yea. i told them that there is a known manufacturing error with the c/d side. he researched it and offered to refund me. it was pretty great. I've got a copy en route, too. Are they paying return shipping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchashorttime Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I've got a copy en route, too. Are they paying return shipping? negative. they told me to keep it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinatra.45 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 negative. they told me to keep it. Just to be clear, this is for ( ) from Amazon UK, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchashorttime Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onwardempire Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Since everyone seems to be getting free swag I was curious so I thought I'd see what the Amazon rep would say to me about it. I tried to get them to comment about this item in particular, but I just got the generic spiel - 'sorry your item was defective, we'll send you another'. I expressed my concern that I would end up with just another defective replacement, but the agent 'assured' me that the replacement would be fine. I have my doubts... In any case, I've gotta send the old one back which I'm fine with. Replacement arrives Sunday so will give it a spin then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchashorttime Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Since everyone seems to be getting free swag I was curious so I thought I'd see what the Amazon rep would say to me about it. I tried to get them to comment about this item in particular, but I just got the generic spiel - 'sorry your item was defective, we'll send you another'. I expressed my concern that I would end up with just another defective replacement, but the agent 'assured' me that the replacement would be fine. I have my doubts... In any case, I've gotta send the old one back which I'm fine with. Replacement arrives Sunday so will give it a spin then! It's not about getting free shit. It's about paying for something that works. throwgncpr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChardeeMacDennis Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 this happened to me with a suede boxset (i paid over 200) amazon uk sent it and it got cosmetically destroyed...sent them a few photos of it and they sent a new one and told me to keep the damaged one. I guess it depends on the rep you speak with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsgoodtobefree Posted February 21, 2015 Author Share Posted February 21, 2015 Von is in stock in the US XL store. Only place in the US that is selling it AFAIK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waters Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Von is in stock in the US XL store. Only place in the US that is selling it AFAIK. Besides Amazon? http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00QN2OLXQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1424492134&sr=8-1&keywords=sigur+ros+von Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsgoodtobefree Posted February 21, 2015 Author Share Posted February 21, 2015 Besides Amazon? http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00QN2OLXQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1424492134&sr=8-1&keywords=sigur+ros+von Selling it currently, I meant. Amazon won't get it until the end of March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymond00 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Is there any word on a ( ) US release yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suckarnasalle Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I got ( ) yesterday from JPC and I thought it sounded a lot better than what I expected, based on rumors about the noise. Yes, there were some distorted parts but overall a very good experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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