travis Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 agreed. the sound really does suck compared to the originals. but i think time warner most likely handles that aspect of the mastering and hottopic most likely presses it from that Hot Topic doesnt press anything. Hot Topic buys records from labels that press vinyl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonbeams Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Hot Topic doesnt press anything. Hot Topic buys records from labels that press vinyl. I think its great that Hot Topic can serve as a vehicle to get vinyl out there to more people. But the record labels are making inferior products. People will listen to these records and think "this sounds bad" (or they won't if they never heard an original)) and we'll see another bubble burst. That won't be good for HT in the long run. I've never voiced my concerns to Reprise or Rhino (I'll do that next), but I imagine that HT has a lot more power than we do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I think its great that Hot Topic can serve as a vehicle to get vinyl out there to more people. But the record labels are making inferior products. People will listen to these records and think "this sounds bad" (or they won't if they never heard an original)) and we'll see another bubble burst. That won't be good for HT in the long run. Bad-sounding records have existed as long as records have. If/when the vinyl bubble bursts it won't be for this reason. For the record my copy of Insomniac sounds fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtcohenour Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I have a few records that I bought at HT that sound just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonbeams Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Bad-sounding records have existed as long as records have. If/when the vinyl bubble bursts it won't be for this reason. For the record my copy of Insomniac sounds fine. No, it doesn't sound fine. It sounds fine to you, but you don't know what the album is supposed to sound like. And no, today's records, like the 2009 Insomniac master, sound worst than before because of their compressed digital mastering, a technology that wasn't available before the digital takeover. Although I bought Insomniac the day it came out, I didn't get a copy on vinyl until the 2009 reissue. But I noticed that it sounded compressed, almost a pain to listen to. I always enjoyed the album, so I realized that something was wrong. Luckily I had the original pressing of Superhits to compare the tracks to, and they were worlds apart as far as sound quality. I quickly bought a 1st press Insomniac and got rid of the 2009 reissue. But when Hot Topic put out the "purple" version, I ordered it, along with the yellow Nimrod. Unfortunately, nothing was done to fix the terrible mastering issues of the 2009 reissues (though Warning sounded good), so I felt burned and I won't pick up any more Green Day reissues no matter how cool they look, until the mastering problem is addressed. chiefwahoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinyl Freak Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 When is it going up? RowBearToe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbw87 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 good question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejesseb Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Dont forget to use ebates and get 4% cash back. You also get some stuff for signing up. lots of people on here use it. Plus sign up and message me and I'll give you a code good for 15% off at HT. http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=WHADO5BHfrH6ptFlY0szsQ%3D%3D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowBearToe Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 so...is this still happening today? or can I stop refreshing the page every 15 minutes?haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agreetodisagree Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 You can stop. HT website updates early. Around 7am EST. If it doesn't happen early it's usually coming another day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowBearToe Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 well I guess I should've asked 6 hours ago haha thanks dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agreetodisagree Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 No prob! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffbloom Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 You can stop. HT website updates early. Around 7am EST. If it doesn't happen early it's usually coming another day. I notice it frequently updates at 3am EST, 12am PST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agreetodisagree Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I notice it frequently updates at 3am EST, 12am PST. Good info, thanks dude. I'm never up that late to check. I get up for work around 6-7EST and they're usually already posted at that time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinyl Freak Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I was updating every 2 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbw87 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 still nothin huh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinyl Freak Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I am sure there is a reasonable explanation why its not up. But I really would like to know why it's not. So RoBearToe can order it for me. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradedOnACurve Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Considering how long their actual studio represses (Insomniac, Nimrod) were up at HT.com (and even went on sale) these should last a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowBearToe Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I am sure there is a reasonable explanation why its not up. But I really would like to know why it's not. So RoBearToe can order it for me. haha you forgot the h...haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinyl Freak Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 you forgot the h...haha No I didn't. Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbw87 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 wonder what the deal is here RowBearToe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis Posted November 1, 2013 Author Share Posted November 1, 2013 Sorry this got bumped, waiting to hear back on when they can ship these. jtcohenour 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbw87 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 any word? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowBearToe Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 The way Hybrid Theory went was, it was supposed to go up on a Tuesday, a few days later Travis said it's gonna be a week or 2. A week and a half later he posted a picture of the record and it was on the website the next day. So I would just look for a picture to be posted and then assume it’s a day or 2 away haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 Looks like the new street date is 11/19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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