actusreus
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| Best Metal Vinyl Album If a vinyl record is mastered from the original analog tapes it should sound much better than an over-compressed CD copy. My copy of "Death Magnetic" sounds much better on vinyl than the ear-bleeding CD of that album. I suspect, however, that many... | |
| Best Metal Vinyl Album For me personally I has not been so much an issue of the sound quality as it has been of the pressing quality. In fact, sound quality wise I have to say all heavy metal vinyl pressings I have heard have sounded better than their CD counterparts. F... | |
| Why does most new music suck? New music is like vinyl reissues - 99% is not as good as the original. You keep hoping and trying, but time after time you go back to the original release for the real thing. At some point, if you're smart, you give up and stop wasting time. Aside... | |
| VPI 3D tonearm Tobes,Sure. So then how about going with an "improvement" rather than such sweeping statements as "very much better"? It is also plausible that Harry is jumping on the Discovery bandwagon to align his product with the top products in the same cate... | |
| VPI 3D tonearm Stringreen, I didn't say Valhalla was the top of line wiring for VPI arms; I said it was Nordost's top of the line wire that retails/retailed for an exorbitant amount of money (for most people), and has been generally considered one of the very be... | |
| VPI 3D tonearm StringreenOne more point ....the upgraded JMW arms are wired with Nordost wire....I was told that the 3D arm is wired with a very new Discovery cable which is very much better than the Valhalla.Isn't/wasn't Valhalla Nordost's top of the line wire ... | |
| Any rock fans out there? Dave_72,I use the AIVS 3-step regimen on new (and used) records. The first step is pre-soaking with the Enzymatic Formula that helps remove any release compounds. AIVS also makes Formula 15, which is designed for tough cleaning jobs, including rem... | |
| Best Metal Vinyl Album Harris4crnaYeah, i bought the 33 versus the 45 of master puppets. I agree, not so good.The Because Sound Matters Metallica reissues are awful. I bought 33 rpm reissues of MoP and AJFA, and I unloaded the MoP at a loss as it was unlistenable. The v... | |
| Any rock fans out there? Captain_winters,Thanks for the offer, but I think with all the great advice you've given me on this board, I'd still owe you money regardless of how "13" sounds...:) | |
| Any rock fans out there? Moonglum and Captain_winters, Thanks guys. I'm a huge Black Sabbath fan, especially with Ozzy so I'll be getting this record. About a year ago I got an opened but untouched 5 LP set called "Black Sabbath - The Ozzy Osbourne Years" for a whooping $... | |
| Any rock fans out there? Moonglum,Thanks for your response. When you get a chance to listen to the album, let us know how it sounds and the overall quality. I really want to get this album, but I had some quality issues with BS reissues in the past so would like to know b... | |
| Any rock fans out there? Moonglum,How is the quality of the recording and vinyl? | |
| Dr.John I checked out "Locked Down" yesterday, and must say I agree with Shakeydeal on this one. I can't really get into it. To me is sounds too much like The Black Keys. Even the vocals sound far removed from the distinct quality of Dr. John's voice, mos... | |
| Why does most new music suck? Actusreus, the operative here is not that it sucks, but the 'why' it sucks. I think the answer does require getting out your calculator.I take the OP's question to be rhetorical. To me it's irrelevant why it sucks. It just does. That said, I did a... | |
| Why does most new music suck? I congratulate the posters who find the present times replete with "great" pop/rock music. Sadly, I myself cannot.I'm not a statistician or mathematician, but I believe there is something to the contention that great melodies have been exhausted a... |