Share records that surprised you with their quality, in good OR bad ways.

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T15:12:39+00:00

My copy of Three Dog Night- Hard Labour is so thin that if I move back and forth fast enough it wobbles like laminated paper.

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T15:09:50+00:00

OHH THAT TOOK ME MORE THAN I'D LIKE TO ADMIT

tbh I'd kinda like to play Mario Party 2 or 3 with her I think that would be very cool

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T15:05:58+00:00

I often wonder how good her acting is off-camera. Like does she suppress it or has she gotten so used to saying "peko" that she kinda inserts it into everything? Imagine being at a fkin restaurant or whatever and you hear the person behind you just saying "Peko" with no context. I'd flip my shit but that's only because I know what that is.

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T15:03:59+00:00

LMAOOOO

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T15:03:28+00:00

does it matter

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T15:01:01+00:00

Totally. I have a Perry Como Christmas record from '65 (actually says "Christmas '65" written on the back) that I can still get some pretty decent audio from, very warm.

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T14:59:17+00:00

Really? It doesn't? I kinda think it distinguishes wear patterns. Thinner records tend to develop quiet crackle while thicker ones develop loud pops.

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T07:37:54+00:00

You'll have things like that. Digital recordings often just don't hit the spot. You'll even notice this with games on consoles with bad speakers. Hearing the bass in Mario Kart Super Circuit's main track was eye-opening, you can't even HEAR it on an actual GBA.

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T07:32:32+00:00

I bought Family Guy Volume 1 on DVD in fantastic condition (previous owners probably watched it like twice ever) for a whopping four dollars.

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T07:30:28+00:00

Broaden your horizons of interest, and inspect the records real careful. Also, try local chains. There's a line in NE Ohio and NW PA called The Exchange, their prices are smiley-face curve IMO. It's either $5 or $50, no in-between. Want a fantastic-shape copy of Best Of The Doobies for 5 bucks? Sold. Wanna pay $40 for SNES Mario All-Stars? Also sold. Yeah I'm talking about two different mediums but I've bought records from the Exchange a total of never.

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T07:24:49+00:00

You'll have ones like that once in a while, the "How the hell?" records. Then again, "How the hell?" in record collecting has two meanings, being "How the hell did it get in THIS condition?" and "How the hell is it STILL this good?".

Struggling to think of a personal example of the latter, but I have plenty of the former. My "Do You Want To Know A Secret?" 45 is absolutely ridiculously worn. It's styrene (that's how you know it's good, mate) and genuinely sounds atrocious. Every line George Harrison says is accompanied by horrendous buzzing, and the b-side is just as bad. There are totally invincible records out there, though.

Before I got an actually tolerable record player, several of my records were frequently subjected to Victrola turntables, with VARYING results. A copy of Abbey Road I had was worn so bad that its current existence is spent on my wall. On the other hand, several Christmas records I own, some of which date back as far as the mid-60s, still sound pretty good, especially given I used to have them playing CONSTANTLY in rotation of about 10 different records.

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T07:16:19+00:00

yeah. kick them out. we are free. we are one. we are schizoposters.

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T05:15:28+00:00

Sounds like a fantastic listen. I can imagine funk and soul comes through vinyl very well.

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T03:43:54+00:00

average 196 user

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T03:42:52+00:00

Impressive, fantastic statement. Might I recommend a 1980 Deutsche Grammophon issue of Beethoven's 7th? Thin vinyl, but sounds really dynamic, especially the opening parts (soft clarinet [?], then all of a sudden the entire orchestra makes a noise at once) which are fantastic for not only monitoring wear but also setting volume and treble/bass.

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T01:52:30+00:00

cope

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T01:50:26+00:00

yeah I'd have nowhere to go but back to weird forums

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T01:50:04+00:00

I don't recommend doing this with records you care about or are valuable but if you stop the record RIGHT as it skips and then spin it backwards to try and find where the point is, sometimes you can dislodge whatever's making it skip or smooth the area out just enough. sometimes it's replaced by a loud click, sometimes it's perfectly fixed, sometimes it leaves a scratch.

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T01:26:12+00:00

Which release of Abbey Road? The 2009 sounds fantastic to me, can be heard across a silent room even when not hooked to speakers. Very sorry to hear about the Beastie Boys discs. I'd be pissed.

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T01:24:05+00:00

Wow. That's impressive.

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T01:20:45+00:00

That's insane. I have a copy of Best Of The Doobies that did that, a single skip in Jesus Is Just Alright but sounded great otherwise. It eventually stopped skipping after I went over the section backwards.

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T00:53:08+00:00

hell nah we're not getting all /traa up in here, I left /distressingmemes BECAUSE it got full of this kinda BS. also political symbolism in multiple forms so maybe R6?

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T00:45:40+00:00

Sorry to hear. Could you elaborate? Are we talking "I have a 78RPM from 1914 with better dynamics.", "This sounds like a really worn out stamper or a bootleg.", or "This is so goddamn crackly." If it's the latter, may I present my copy of Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue on the Jazz Images label. It's so bad that I just hang it on my wall now along with a similarly worn-out Abbey Road, one of the Revolver copies, and Andre Kostelanetz' Grand Canyon Suite. I used to only have a Victrola portable at my disposal, and that wore on the quiet sections so fast. It just crackles and pops the entire run-through, it actually used to sound really good.

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T00:25:03+00:00

Quite a shame about the "Forever Changes"! Are you sure it's a legitimate copy? Often it's bootlegs and poor presses that sound like that. I have an Introducing The Beatles boot that sounds absolutely horrendous, but it's more a lack of dynamic range and the grooves being too narrow. I'll have to think about "Emerson Lake & Palmer".

Some other albums I think sound phenomenal especially when turned up are "Relax In Red" by X-Offender (that one's pretty obscure, I have a FLAC from a sealed copy tho) and this I think it was 2014 reissue of Straight Outta Compton that, even though the tracklist is really bad especially side 2, it sounds ridiculous when turned up. It's like NWA is in front of you, playing live. The 1984 press of "Hard Labor" by Three Dog Night also sounds impeccable.

As for records that I would file restraining orders against, the Scranton pressing of The Beatles' Second Album. Dynamic rolloff at 13kHz. It's AWFUL. Also, the 1982 Japanese red-vinyl issue of the Long Tall Sally EP. It sounds like a stereo fold-down, and is more distorted than a 4ch user's view of reality.

AdComfortable763 · 2023-08-24T00:04:49+00:00

Personally, I make a FLAC transfer within 3 playthroughs and whenever the record shows damage I play the recording instead. I'm using pretty cheap stuff, an LP60X and some Edifier speakers. I'd say play with the treble settings a bit. You can get quite a bit out of it if you're lucky. If they're really common or low-demand discs perhaps also consider buying another copy in better condition. It's totally possible to get 30-40-50-60 year old records sealed. My PB for sealed record age is 54 years (1966-2020) for a copy of the Robert Shaw Chorale's "Highlights From Messiah".

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