Imagine paying $650 for Blind Faith.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 31 January 2022 17:35 (two years ago) link
the FAQ teeters on the edge of being an actual store for the ludicrous Hot Stampers guy we were mocking this summer, and being an extremely knowing parody. the item descriptions feel overwhelmingly like the latter, so somehow sadly i think it's probably the former.
― The creator of Ultra Games, for Nintendo (Doctor Casino), Monday, 31 January 2022 17:37 (two years ago) link
What’s the difference between White Hot, Super Hot, and Nearly White Hot. Are these Goldmine standards.
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 31 January 2022 17:39 (two years ago) link
lol this is good.
"tell me you have more money than you need without telling me you have more money than you need"
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Monday, 31 January 2022 17:40 (two years ago) link
from the Jackson Browne description:
This one was bigger and bolder, with more Tubey Magical richness on Jackson's voice
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 31 January 2022 17:40 (two years ago) link
"The most Tubey Magic, without which you have almost nothing. CDs give you clean and clear. Only the best vintage vinyl pressings offer the kind of Tubey Magic that was on the tapes in 1978"
Pretty sure no one was using tube equipment in 1978.
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 31 January 2022 17:43 (two years ago) link
three hundred for supertramp!
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 31 January 2022 17:44 (two years ago) link
(i thought these might be nfts)
Wait, does this dork think all analogue recording was on tubes?
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 31 January 2022 17:46 (two years ago) link
Hot Stamper FAQ answers written as if the jig is up, probably with the salesman mindset that coming off as brutally honest and self aware will build trust.
― Evan, Monday, 31 January 2022 18:01 (two years ago) link
$150 for the Doowackadoodlers!
IMAGINE THE PRICES FOR DOODLETOWN PIPERS ULTRAHOT STAMPERS!
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 31 January 2022 18:18 (two years ago) link
most of our clowning on Hot Stampers as a concept is in the Snake Oil thread. the discussion I was thinking of from last year starts here: Awesome Audiophile Snake Oil
― The creator of Ultra Games, for Nintendo (Doctor Casino), Monday, 31 January 2022 18:26 (two years ago) link
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Monday, January 31, 2022 11:43 AM (forty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
there is still tons of tube gear being used to this day
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 31 January 2022 18:28 (two years ago) link
though a lot of it is being used on digital recordings which kinda defeats his point
but tube consoles are still used in studios all the time and were even more so in 78
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 31 January 2022 18:30 (two years ago) link
Hot Stamper 'First Mention': Crazy Priced Vinyl On EBAY
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 31 January 2022 18:31 (two years ago) link
lmao at the last sentence here
What makes you guys think you know it all?We definitely don’t know it all. In fact nothing could be further from the truth. If we knew it all we couldn't learn anything from the piles and piles of records we listen to every day. With practically every shootout we learn something new about our favorite records. That, more than anything else, is what makes the kind of tedious, time-consuming, mentally exhausting work we do fun. Case in point: a Columbia Pressing we played not long ago.
― frogbs, Monday, 31 January 2022 18:33 (two years ago) link
Self-XP And that post was about 'Better Records'!
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 31 January 2022 18:34 (two years ago) link
that paragraph from frogbs makes me feel attacked
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 31 January 2022 18:49 (two years ago) link
though a lot of it is being used on digital recordings which kinda defeats his pointbut tube consoles are still used in studios all the time and were even more so in 78
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 31 January 2022 20:14 (two years ago) link
https://vinylblade.com/productwon't this be a bit heavy and tricky to play at the right speed? i dunno about this
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 7 April 2022 18:10 (two years ago) link
also, not vinyl:Vinyl Blade’s grooves are copper-clad steel, which may wear your stylus down faster than a normal record.and not really a saw:Do not use Vinyl Blade on a saw. It is not rated or intended for use as a functional saw blade. Attempting to use Vinyl Blade on a saw could result in serious injury or death.yup really got my doubts on this one
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 7 April 2022 18:13 (two years ago) link
what could possibly go wrong
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 7 April 2022 18:13 (two years ago) link
got to up the speed to play it right, just be very very careful
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 7 April 2022 18:14 (two years ago) link
I was hoping there would be some disclaimer about having to disconnect your stereo every time you wanted to put this record on because with all of the metal bullshit it's made out of, you will get electrocuted if you touch it while everything's powered on. Just paying for the luxury of inconvenience at this point.
I'm just waiting for the tie-in where they start selling a subscription service for needle replacements. Because you just know some goober is going to SWEAR YOU GUYS THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN FIDELITY I MEAN IT, it will become a regular thing, and then this thread can finally merge with Awesome Audiophile Snake Oil and we can sit here and just be all like, "Yep."
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Thursday, 7 April 2022 20:20 (two years ago) link
NEEDLE ME, PLEASE
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 7 April 2022 20:21 (two years ago) link
some goofy art thing... kinda can't wait to see what they sell for, tomorrow
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 7 April 2022 20:28 (two years ago) link
The funniest thing about this is that its a Weeknd song. How is this not some metal band?
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Friday, 8 April 2022 05:28 (two years ago) link
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/16/49/76/164976990c547d6d697ef98b555e4a69.jpg
― koogs, Friday, 8 April 2022 07:12 (two years ago) link
old school sunday: introducing the amazing compact disc.
really funny watching stuff like this now. SILICON CHIPS? SOUNDS FURPHY TO ME THERE, SHEILA.
― I'm ANTIFA and I vote. (Austin), Monday, 20 June 2022 04:24 (two years ago) link
i love that story, saw it on first broadcast on aus TV back in the day and have happily watched it through at least 3 times since it appeared on youtube - it's not just nostalgia, I think it's actually really well-made TV
have never quite lost that sense of the compact disc being a nifty modern invention, and the styling on those early players is ultra-tasty IMO
― the life of a rebo band is always intense (emsworth), Monday, 20 June 2022 04:53 (two years ago) link
https://www.vinylmeplease.com/products/the-james-brand-vmp-knife
$79 stainless steel artisan knife for opening records, with a handle inlay made from recycled vinyl from VMP pressings.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 20 June 2022 05:03 (two years ago) link
vmp doubling down.
(or is this tripling, quadrupling, or perhaps even more by now?)
― I'm ANTIFA and I vote. (Austin), Monday, 20 June 2022 05:08 (two years ago) link
WaPo Covers HOT STAMPERS!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/interactive/2022/perfect-sound-quality-vinyl-records/
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 30 September 2022 01:53 (one year ago) link
Next up is a copy pressed by Analogue Productions, the Kansas-based label founded by Chad Kassem. Port says that Kassem “has never made a single good sounding record” since AP’s founding in 1991. (Kassem calls Port a “f---ing loser.”) This blind listen gets better marks, which surprises Port when he’s told it’s an Analogue.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 30 September 2022 01:56 (one year ago) link
Damn, that’s a long piece (I read the first part… the “f---ing loser” quote is great).
― "Cool ranch dressing!" (morrisp), Friday, 30 September 2022 04:14 (one year ago) link
Lol at the golden-ears guy at the end who was pissed that the reporter
wrote that MoFi’s secret would not have been revealed without Esposito.“It would have taken longer, but I was on the case,” Fremer said. “I would have gotten to the bottom of it. That’s what I do.”
― "Cool ranch dressing!" (morrisp), Friday, 30 September 2022 04:32 (one year ago) link
Enlightening read. I know high-end vinyl freaks will fall for almost any gimmick, but using military and space industry tech as a selling point really takes the cake.
Also $300k plus speakers... Truly mind-blowing.
― The Ghost Club, Friday, 30 September 2022 06:58 (one year ago) link
Dead link?
― Evan, Friday, 30 September 2022 10:28 (one year ago) link
Have been listening to old-time radio shows lately and came across this Stan Freberg skit, Son of Herman Horne on Hi Fi (audiophile content starts at about 2:10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oiEMeJpAaU
― peace, man, Friday, 30 September 2022 11:49 (one year ago) link
XP that's weird. That link is dead, but I googled the story, and it came up with the same url: https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/interactive/2022/perfect-sound-quality-vinyl-records/
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 30 September 2022 13:52 (one year ago) link
it's because ilx doesn't hyperlink the absolutely critical closing slash
― ledge, Friday, 30 September 2022 13:54 (one year ago) link
I think VMP do some good work but my god $230 for six albums of stand-up comedy? Are you having a laugh?https://www.vinylmeplease.com/products/50-years-of-the-comedy-store?variant=40042196172890
― bible fumes (stevie), Thursday, 13 October 2022 18:24 (one year ago) link
they should just include picture frames with this kind of shit and be done with it
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Thursday, 13 October 2022 21:51 (one year ago) link
Do you ever see this whole Media Industrial Complex finding its way to 8-track collectors? I found a box of fantastic 8-tracks at a thrift store in 2000 (Kink Kronikles, Cheap Trick's Dream Police, Pink Floyd's Animals, compilations of disco hits, Motown classics, Dolly Parton's hits, etc.), and most of them still sound pretty decent (the Disco comp actually sounds fairly close to CD-quality, especially the Alicia Bridges and Amii Stewart songs). Considering the number of audiophiles willing to drop serious cash on hocus-pocus cables/stampers/room-air-refreshers/audio reflective paint/whatevz, I fear that era of $5 copies of Rust Never Sleeps will soon end.
― Front-loaded albums are musical gerrymandering (Prefecture), Thursday, 13 October 2022 23:33 (one year ago) link
Nah. If audio freaks are gonna mess with tape, they’ll go reel to reel.
― Cow_Art, Friday, 14 October 2022 01:48 (one year ago) link
there's always been a market for 8-tracks among classic car collectors, but i can't see it ever getting any bigger than that
― budo jeru, Friday, 14 October 2022 03:44 (one year ago) link
Can't remember the album, but I stumbled upon an 8-track release while trawling the Sacred Bones website catalogue the other day. Needless to say I didn't bite, but it does make me fear for a misguided hipster 8-track revival.
This coming from someone who just bought a '90s Walkman so I can listen to Moon Glyph cassette releases...
― The Ghost Club, Friday, 14 October 2022 06:07 (one year ago) link
Ok so I just looked it up, the album is Mort Garson's Mother Earth's Plantasia. Hipster revival music for houseplant lovers. Yours for a cool $30...
― The Ghost Club, Friday, 14 October 2022 06:09 (one year ago) link
We recorded different tracks playing from the same set of speakers twice, once as a vinyl record and the other as a digital file.1 Listen below and see if you can tell which is which while listening through your laptop speakers or earbuds that came with your phone.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 14 October 2022 06:35 (one year ago) link
X-post Great album and soundtrack for the ‘car wash scene’ in High Maintenance s3e2 (so impeccable hipster credentials)
― Luna Schlosser, Friday, 14 October 2022 08:01 (one year ago) link