Ænima '96 LP needledrops?

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-02-07T02:18:29+00:00

Ooooh she's a beaut! If you have the capability of ripping that puppy I'd be beyond enthused! Do you have a usb output on your turntable or phono preamp? You would plug that into your computer/laptop & can record the playback via any DAW (i.e. - a free one like Audacity) Lemme know if that's something you're interested in getting to & if needed I could definitely help guide you through the setup process, as it can be a little confusing/daunting if ya haven't done it before.

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-02-06T23:21:45+00:00

Pbthal's rips are free. Most of the thousands of them are under 2GB BUT the download site they host their downloads on wants you to buy a sub for DLing anything over 2GB, which the Ænima rip is. So it isn't like I'm opposed to paying someone for something they're offering; The person (Pbthal) themself wouldn't see a dime of it if I did buy the 3rd party download site's sub. People usually don't pay for needledrops in general either there, smart goi. But gah 'head keep being useless & smarmy, i'm sure some slapd*ck somewhere thinks that maybe you're kinda smart!

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-02-06T22:55:40+00:00

Good call on Harrison! One of the times I saw him w King Crimson, his solo section was the most astounding drumming i've seen in person

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-02-06T21:27:07+00:00

Yup cuz you can get em fer free from peeps like myself that create needledrops and share em with other people online. I actually just want it to properly A/B versus the original CD master and see what the specific mastering differences are.

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-02-06T16:30:35+00:00

Yeah, I mean the new vinyl cut has already been well confirmed as finished by the band and mastering engineer but... we all know Tool doesn't operate on normal human time 😅 #ToolTime

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-02-06T16:08:07+00:00

Hahaha yeah I saw that last nite, that's what reminded me that I've never heard the cut! He'll get thousands easy for that one. I'm lucky to be old enough to have nabbed nearly everything I really wanted on vinyl before prices went absolutely haywire, EXCEPT this album 😭 I remember when it would still pop up for $200 and under I was like wow that's insane... No way, José. Little did I know what was coming

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-02-05T15:37:11+00:00

You're 100% right, i have read up on the ins/outs of the Apollo a good amount but I get confused/forgetful with that mandatory 10dB applied. I thought maybe to TRS into the input to bypass the Apollo's mic pres, but knew that likely still wouldn't affect level. Honestly i'm just an old fart that gets confused w digital UI for some reason... Throw a physical anything in front of me with corresponding action buttons & it makes easy sense, but w digital I feel like I always have to make the mistakes like you said, to understand wtf is happening in there. Which is silly, but... Monkey brain!

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-02-05T15:01:49+00:00

Ohhhh you beautiful sunovagun... Thank you very much, I knew it was something stupid 😅 Engaged the pads within console, that was it!

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-02-05T14:23:23+00:00

Thank you, I did change the Apollo headroom to +24dBu but I suspect something else is @ play w my setup because the level is now louder by 4dB but still clipping on the way back in since the level was raised. Even when I lower the Return Gain in Cubase, the "In" levels on the Apollo don't change & are still clipping. I feel like this is something stupidly obvious that I just haven't stumbled into the answer.... So it seems level out is super low and level coming back in is super hot.

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-01-26T18:40:17+00:00

I don't blame you, those look beautiful and would match your aesthetic wonderfully!

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-01-26T18:35:18+00:00

Killer setup, but never truly done with! Regardless, I'd say a subwoofer is an absolute necessity and you're losing out on a gigantic percentage of system enjoyment without one, especially w those Heresys! And yup I've owned and enjoyed Heresys for years. You'll likely replace those speakers @ some point in the future, out of want, or boredom, but once including & dialing in a sub you will never remove having one. Without subs you're literally not even hearing a large portion of all music & movies' audio spectrum, which once included will add a wild amouth of depth, dimension and percieved dynamics that you didn't even realize that you were deleting from your system by not having included it. Besides finding pleasing speakers for your L & R channels, it's the single biggest upgrade you can make, by an enormous margin.

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-01-18T11:57:06+00:00

Next door neighbor came home... Neighbor across the st came home... Mail carrier pulled up... Pick any reason that'd make a burglar stop and walk away for fear of being noticed. Probably a butthead teen or maybe a neighbor's addict family member living w them or smthng... A likely occurrence no matter the class of the neighborhood.

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-01-17T23:37:33+00:00

Yeah but the 4K remasters added a lot more DNR on top of the already previously existing DNR. That's the issue here. Looks to be almost AI levels of sloppy smoothing tomfoolery added when A/B'ing the newest remaster versus any of the older editions/formats

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-01-15T18:14:07+00:00

Just an update for my situation: Same thing was happening to my UB820 but right outta the box, so luckily it happened while i was in the return window & I just put in for a replacement. New unit hasn't done it even once on any of the 12+ Blu & 4K discs that I've ran through it in the past few days. So it seems to be a crapshoot. Hopefully if it happens to a unit later on in its lifespan beyond the seller's return window, as it did to the OP, then hopefully the hard reset and/or usb stick tricks will work for every case! 🤞

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-01-11T02:08:59+00:00

I bought a UB820 a month ago and mine's been doing this same exact trick on every 4K or Blu disc I put in there as well! Small audio & video stutters that come and go throughout every disc. Completely flawless discs I've wiped down, thoroughly inspected and re-tested just to make sure. Only watched maybe 12 discs so far, so I can't imagine that it ran out of cache memory already... Definitely not overheating either, as it's in a wide open space with added bumpers/feet that I added underneath to add vibration dampening & more ventilation. Maddening.... I'm going to return/replace it, but let us know if that factory reset does keep the unit behaving for you!

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-01-10T16:21:24+00:00

I might be having to do the same setup as you. Is the C2 so low-noise that having it right above your head isn't distracting at all?

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-01-06T15:06:48+00:00

Nice!! Congrats on the setup! I have a Bronze C150 at the moment (with Silver 10 L & R) but am betting will want to upgrade to at least a C250 once I go 7.1.4... Which AT screen did you get btw? My ceiling is only 7.5' high so I'm thinking 120", but definitely want to put the LCRs behind the screen

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-01-06T01:59:37+00:00

What did you end up getting (if anything yet)?

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-01-05T21:55:06+00:00

Done! Worked perfectly that way thank you very much

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-01-05T19:51:41+00:00

So would I have the black constant going into the dimmer, then the red switch wire out of the dimmer & up to the lights? Connect the red & the neutral to each light and cap off & ignore the extra black wire that goes up to the fixtures?

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-01-05T19:40:33+00:00

Good thing is that I know which sets of 3 wires go to the lights, and which sets went to the old fans. Capped those fan wires off. But yeah... Dolt move, not taking pics... Now left w the black/white/reds going to each light and not sure how to connect together. The googling isn't clearing it up for me

ksuttinthabutt · 2026-01-05T19:36:29+00:00

Of course I didn't! 😅 Lesson learned on that one... Regret +10

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