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Faceplams: Have your family and friends met you?Originally Posted by Al_Hunter
Happy birthday!
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Have your family and friends met you?
Happy birthday!
she/her/hers
my band played a show at a tiny record store on friday, and i picked up Blue Bell Knoll by Cocteau Twins for only $18!
grrr. woof.
a friend of mine in missoula found suicide's second album, first pressing, for three goddamn dollars. fuuuck.
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Just got back from a trip to Tokyo and HOLY SHIT, Japan is a vinyl collector's paradise!!! I picked up the following for roughly $4-6 a piece with the exception of Madonna, she was $15 and sits nicely in her original plastic wrap!
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Proper jealous. A friend of mine has moved to Tokyo to run a nightclub / club night / various music endeavours (asq.me is one of them). I should give him a shopping list
Although beware the temptation of collecting JPN releases with OBIs now, it's a dark, black, deep hole...
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The new Dillinger Escape Plan reissues came in the mail today. That was a nice surprise, as I wasn't expecting them for a few more weeks!
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Do they play ok? Especially the spatter one?
she/her/hers
AWESOME! i'm wondering when mine will arrive.
and, yes, to echo @jmtd , do they sound good?
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Fucking hell, that's pushed me over the edge. I'd seen they were releasing these and managed to hold off. Having seen these I've now ordered all three albums (different variant to yours on Miss Machine). Dammit. I'm meant to be not buying more vinyl.The new Dillinger Escape Plan reissues came in the mail today. That was a nice surprise, as I wasn't expecting them for a few more weeks!
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I've only had a chance to listen to Calculating Infinity so far. It sounded great.
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Got my DEP vinyl reissues in the mail today too! And yes, they sound GREAT!
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Thanks appreciate it. Will have a look. Cheers.
she/her/hers
did you guys order from relapse, shop radio cast, or somewhere else?
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I ordered from Relapse.
she/her/hers
one of the things i love about ordering vinyl from amazon (had some spare rewards points) is that when you think you're just gonna get the standard black vinyl, they surprise you with a limited run variant for nothing extra!
Yob - Clearing The Path To Ascend 2xLP on "beer yellow"
also, the album is fucking AMAZING.
and a new acquisition from discogs:
Daughters - The First Supper b/w Boner X-Ray (Original Version) 7"
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Completed my Ben Frost vinyl collection, with the exception of a couple 7"s
bastard from blue city
That Calculating Infinity press looks incredible. If I liked Dillinger whatsoever I would be right on it!
she/her/hers
so...it sounds like my stylus is worn out. and i can't seem to figure out where to get a viable replacement. i have the Audio Note IQ-1 cartridge (i thought i had the IQ-2, but i was mistaken) and the instructions and their website talk about how easy it is to replace the stylus, but give no indication as to where to FIND a replacement. so fucking frustrating.
in more positive news, i got #104 of "The End Where We Start" single by The Black Queen.
Josh Wink was on HLAH
You need the ZU080R stylus if that helps, and a quick google tells me this is a fairly premium part - only found one site that seems to sell it (Netherlands based) doesn't work very well, and isn't in English http://www.simplyaudio.nl/annl/enter...4.html&lang=nl
Good luck, but you might be better off replacing the cartridge if these prices are accurate http://audio-life.nl/sites/default/f...prijslijst.pdf
Josh Wink was on HLAH
Got back from holiday and I had to get a few records whilst I was there
Haul:
Fetal Pig - Autopia (numbered 242/300)
Niklos Andriano - Theme From The Longest Day
Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge
Thelonious Monk - Paris 1969
The Zombies - R.I.P. (RSD release that was US only, very happy to have snagged an unopened one)
The Twin String Orchestras – Playing George Gerswhin
and a couple not on discogs until I add them later:
The Des Moines 4 Track Collection Vol. One (numbered 104/500), compilation of Punk bands from the Des Moines area.
West Des Moines Dixieland Band - The Happy Sounds
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she/her/hers
eegads! that is fucking expensive.
i have an old AudioTechnica cartridge (not sure of the model number at the moment) that i might be better off replacing the stylus on (it got bent by my ex who thought it was a good idea to vacuum my turntable the one time she actually bothered to help me clean my old apartment). so maybe i should look into that...
Josh Wink was on HLAH
A cartridge is only as good as the tonearm, pre amp and speakers anyway, so unless all your parts are in the price range of the turntable, no reason not to go midrange.
she/her/hers
i have a Sansui SR-717. it's a direct drive. wish it was straight-tracking (my dad has a Mitsubishi LT-5V vertical straight-tracking that i want to relieve him of but that's probably not going to happen for a long time).
as for the rest, i just have a yamaha surround receiver with a built-in phono pre-amp. it gets the job done. my living room front channel speakers are Revel Performa M22 and in the dining room i have some big old PolkAudio towers (no model number i can find on them).
my main concern with the cartridge/stylus is doing as little damage to my records as possible when i play them.
Josh Wink was on HLAH
Technically, it does regardless. But yes, an old stylus will wear records faster (cartridges should never need to be replaced unless they are damaged - or you can't get the stylus anymore)
she/her/hers
currently looking into an Ortofon 2M Red for $100. wish the Blue wasn't $225, or i'd get that one. : /
anyway, arrivals from yesterday and today:
old man gloom - seminar ii 2xLP with etched side D
old man gloom - seminar iii on gold translucent
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Recent Additions:
Tim Hecker - Nordberg/Apondalifa & Mirages
Puscifer - 8 Ball Bail Bonds (Red)
Joy Division - Substance
Helen - The Original Faces
Savant - Artificial Dance
Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal 7"
Millie & Andrea - Drop The Vowels
Harald Grosskopf - Synthesist/Re-Synthesist
The Dead Weather - Dodge & Burn
Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness
Blues Control & Laraaji - FRKWYS 8
Gabi - Sympathy (White)
Napolian - Incursio (Orange)
Oneohtrix Point Never - Rifts (Box Set #356/1000)
Daft Punk - Tron Legacy
Raum - Event Of Your Leaving
Mirroring - Foreign Body
Beach House - Depression Cherry (Clear) & Thank Your Lucky Stars (Green)
Laurel Halo - In Situ
Laurel Halo, Daniel Lopatin, Godin, Ferraro & Borden - FRKWYS 7
Brian Eno/Laraaji - Ambient 3
Last edited by hologram parade; 11-14-2015 at 02:02 PM.
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she/her/hers
got my new Ortofon 2M Red cartridge. $100 and it's possible it actually sounds better than my old cartridge.
excellent clarity, fantastic stereo separation (despite what a few reviews have said online), and it even looks cool!
it was more complicated changing it than it should have been, but that's because of the shell i have, and the fact that i didn't notice the brand new screws and tiny screwdriver that came with the new cartridge.
more info
new arrival:
cult leader - lightless walk, clear vinyl
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nice cartridge, Im defnitly looking to get one myself or the Blue 2mgot my new Ortofon 2M Red cartridge. $100 and it's possible it actually sounds better than my old cartridge.
excellent clarity, fantastic stereo separation (despite what a few reviews have said online), and it even looks cool!
it was more complicated changing it than it should have been, but that's because of the shell i have, and the fact that i didn't notice the brand new screws and tiny screwdriver that came with the new cartridge.
more info
new arrival:
cult leader - lightless walk, clear vinyl
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If anyone's interested, I threw my THRICE - Alchemy Index vinyl box-set on eBay. Bid away! I really need the money this month!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281859997119...84.m1558.l2649
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