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BARNES & NOBLE HAS VINYL!!!!! BUT IS THE QUALITY UP TO AUDIOPHILE STANDARDS ????

Seen this rack full of vinyl in the old barnes & noble, the art work was not the best but how is the vinyl? some great titles, has anyone tried it and like them, how is the quality, well i purchased a  Phil Collins , hello I must be going and I will get back to you with my report. 
gmosley
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bdp24
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The poster/posting assumes and implies that the LP's sold at Barnes & Noble are unique to B & N. They are not; the LP's in the B & N racks are the same as those sold at all other retailers. B & N doesn't get LP's pressed expressly and uniquely for them.
ebm
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B&N  lps not worth shouting about!!
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Laughing....
gmosley OP
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SOOOO, here is my update on the new purchased vinyl from Barnes & Noble, i am a jazz ,fusion lover,the album i purchased was the jazz impressions of a boy named Charlie Brown, by Vince Guaraidi, the vinyl color was orange which i thought was kinda cool!!!, so i cleaned it  and zapped it with my discwasher Zerostat,put it on the table first thing i noticed as i clamped it down in the center it was warped,the vinyl is VERY THIN , NOT AUDIOPHILE  QUALITY, so as the needle played at the begining the surface noise was very bad, like  it was dust on the needle, jumped in the batmoble back to old b&n was told they will only exchange it ,no money back!!!  but you can get your money back if you don't open it,now they do sell vinyl that is thicker but of course ,YOU WILL PAY MORE= THIN  $21.00  THICK  $26.00  can someone lead me to some good quality vinyl, online shoping, that has a decent return policy.
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One thing to be aware of, for new-to-LP's buyers: In some cases, an album (album meaning collection of songs---an album can be bought on an LP or a CD, or even as a download. In other words, "album" is not synonymous with "LP") title will be available on LP from two or more labels. For instance, the first two Band albums are currently available in pressings by both Capitol Records (the label the original released versions were on, in 1968 and '69) and Mobile Fidelity. Capitol Records and Mobile Fidelity make their LP's to very different standards, and sound somewhat dissimilar.

I don't know if Barnes & Noble sells either version, but the point is, if you bought either at B & N, it would be the exact same version of that particular LP pressing as you would get from any other retailer---brick & mortar or online. Barnes & Noble are not getting LP's pressed expressly for them, that are different from other retailer's copies of the same title from the same record label.

The ultimate point to be made is that, when one speaks of the quality of the LP's available at Barnes & Noble, it is a matter of the specific label/version of the LP that determines the LP's quality, not that Barnes & Noble is selling it. That is immaterial. Is this horse dead yet ;-)?

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