keylime_5
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Mine didnt have any pressing issues. It came in those thick cardstock inner sleeves though, so it's probably 50/50 whether you'll get scuffs or scratches out the box.
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Mine didnt have any pressing issues. It came in those thick cardstock inner sleeves though, so it's probably 50/50 whether you'll get scuffs or scratches out the box.
Turbo
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I also checked for albums I have pressed at Takt - I have 4 (The Coral "Coral Island", Roisin Murphy "Roisin Machine", Little Simz "Sometimes I Might Be Introvert" and Billy Nomates S/T). Based on what I have, there was no major pressing defect for any of them: no scribble scratches, repetitive clicks... didn't notice stitching but can't guarantee anything since these all play loud and I wouldn't necessarily hear a short "drzzt". But notably the noise floor is not silent (a background hiss), but not a deal breaker while the music is playing. Of note, all are colored vinyl so I have no experience with black Takt vinyl.
Mather
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I did get Loveless! Awesome shipping by your store suggestion, big burly armoured shipping box and the press is flawless. That album has such a weird mix to it, like it's this wide flat thing, the centre imaging and vocals are almost recessed. It has that same slightly odd quality that fake stereo mixes created from mono have. It's the same with the stream so I know it's just the way it's mixed but it's a strange listen. But yes. I was thrilled with your store, I will definitely look to order from them again in the future.
MikeH
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Billie Holiday-Lady In Satin-45 RPM Vinyl Record|Acoustic Sounds
Acoustic Sounds Audiophile Vinyl Records
store.acousticsounds.com
Joe Mac
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Well I’ve been waiting for that for a long while! Hopefully it makes it across the water!
No, they should not and will not.
Streaming may be convenient for those who don't care, but artists make micro-pennies per stream. It takes away from download or physical sales massively, and only the top 2% of artists can actually generate a resonable earnings stream.
When record labels were in a financial talespin as CD sales plunged, they cut a deal with Spotify that basically gave spotify their catalogs for a very large up front payment and a pitiable per stream royalty rate. This was a one time windfall that gave industry suits and lawyers another fat year end bonus and screwed their artists.
Lower end to mid level artists get royalty cheques from Spotify that range from a few dollars to maybe $30-$50. Even bigger name artists have a hard time getting a royalty cheque in the high 00's to low 000's.
I hope that Bandcamp remains an outlet for artists to be able to sell at a fair price and earn a sustainable living wage. Going the sttreaming route defeats the whole purpose of Bandcamp as being for and by artists.
BjorgenFjorgen
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100%. Bandcamp is really the last bastion for actual valuing of digital music. Streaming is a dead end and we know where it leads.
AnthonyI
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Seeing MoFi reference this review in ads for the Thriller One-Step makes me sense that sales aren't going to well for this pressing. And maybe it's just me, but this article at times seems to be sugar coating "the incident" and defending the label.............I don't know, this all seems to come across a little contrived. Enjoy 
Article
"And that number is what sired the controversy, a fracas unlike anything I can recall since I first succumbed to hi-fi 54 years ago. A record retailer put two-and-two together and realized that, given the finite number of LPs which can be pressed from a stamper, MoFi would have to access the master tapes more often than any label would allow such priceless recordings to be handled.
This led to the conclusion that the LP had to be mastered from a high-res digital source because of the number of stampers that needed to be produced. Or something like that. In a series of events that recall the farce A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum, only without the humor, MoFi replied with a video of its engineers being grilled, which did little to assuage incandescent purists. As it’s all out there for those who care to wallow in taurean feces, I am not going to waste any more precious space (unlike One-Step boxes) in regurgitating what has preoccupied the audio community via social media, save for one thing. It is something which I find odious beyond belief, especially given the self-righteousness of most audiophiles. And how hi-fi per se is in enough trouble without enemies from within."
"OK, so MoFi was economical with the truth in that it failed to reveal the use of digital sources. That’s it. As far as sins go, it was hardly something which should result in cancelled orders, lawsuits or other overreactions on the part of a bunch of simpering audiophiles, pitchforks at the ready. Here’s why: the Thriller One-Step is so sonically sublime that it makes a mockery of any who negatively pre-judged it."
Article
"And that number is what sired the controversy, a fracas unlike anything I can recall since I first succumbed to hi-fi 54 years ago. A record retailer put two-and-two together and realized that, given the finite number of LPs which can be pressed from a stamper, MoFi would have to access the master tapes more often than any label would allow such priceless recordings to be handled.
This led to the conclusion that the LP had to be mastered from a high-res digital source because of the number of stampers that needed to be produced. Or something like that. In a series of events that recall the farce A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum, only without the humor, MoFi replied with a video of its engineers being grilled, which did little to assuage incandescent purists. As it’s all out there for those who care to wallow in taurean feces, I am not going to waste any more precious space (unlike One-Step boxes) in regurgitating what has preoccupied the audio community via social media, save for one thing. It is something which I find odious beyond belief, especially given the self-righteousness of most audiophiles. And how hi-fi per se is in enough trouble without enemies from within."
"OK, so MoFi was economical with the truth in that it failed to reveal the use of digital sources. That’s it. As far as sins go, it was hardly something which should result in cancelled orders, lawsuits or other overreactions on the part of a bunch of simpering audiophiles, pitchforks at the ready. Here’s why: the Thriller One-Step is so sonically sublime that it makes a mockery of any who negatively pre-judged it."
Joe Mac
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Seeing MoFi reference this review in ads for the Thriller One-Step makes me sense that sales aren't going to well for this pressing. And maybe it's just me, but this article at times seems to be sugar coating "the incident" and defending the label.............I don't know, this all seems to come across a little contrived. Enjoy
Article
"And that number is what sired the controversy, a fracas unlike anything I can recall since I first succumbed to hi-fi 54 years ago. A record retailer put two-and-two together and realized that, given the finite number of LPs which can be pressed from a stamper, MoFi would have to access the master tapes more often than any label would allow such priceless recordings to be handled.
This led to the conclusion that the LP had to be mastered from a high-res digital source because of the number of stampers that needed to be produced. Or something like that. In a series of events that recall the farce A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum, only without the humor, MoFi replied with a video of its engineers being grilled, which did little to assuage incandescent purists. As it’s all out there for those who care to wallow in taurean feces, I am not going to waste any more precious space (unlike One-Step boxes) in regurgitating what has preoccupied the audio community via social media, save for one thing. It is something which I find odious beyond belief, especially given the self-righteousness of most audiophiles. And how hi-fi per se is in enough trouble without enemies from within."
"OK, so MoFi was economical with the truth in that it failed to reveal the use of digital sources. That’s it. As far as sins go, it was hardly something which should result in cancelled orders, lawsuits or other overreactions on the part of a bunch of simpering audiophiles, pitchforks at the ready. Here’s why: the Thriller One-Step is so sonically sublime that it makes a mockery of any who negatively pre-judged it."
Honestly. It was a huge storm in a teacup from where I was standing. Yes they should have been more transparent and yes they got caught out but also yes the records still sound great and why would anything other than that make up my mind.
The last paragraph is a bit hyperbolic but, with toned down language, would be kinda how I felt about such a large amount of the reaction.
jamieanderson1968
ninniest jackaninny
When your business model relies heavily on a small market of people spending their disposable income on your product, then anything that can turn off their spending will have an impact on the company. I am confident that a large number of sales for any One-Step pressing is just automatic purchases by people of the product.
Hemotep
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If this was a paragraph you wrote, I'd agree. But coming from them it's so self-righteous that it makes me like them even less. Won't stop me buying the Mofi records I want, but damn if they don't have a combined case of foot in mouth and stick in ass syndrome.
And I should add that I also think most of the people who raised hell are insufferable and beyond ridiculous in the whole thing too. I just tend to hate companies that are shady.
Joe Mac
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It’s was a review in PS Audio’s in house magazine? I don’t think MoFi wrote it but linked to it as a positive review.
Hemotep
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Oh, haha, nevermind then. I thought they wrote it. In that case, yes I agree with it.
AnthonyI
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Agreed, but he could have written the same article without bringing any of the digital discussion and it would have been just fine..............just my opinion of course
AnthonyI
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I can't ever recall MoFi ever linking or referencing reviews of any of their vinyl pressings in the past, that's why it kind of jumped out at me as a bit "odd" when they did so.
Joe Mac
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Agreed, but he could have written the same article without bringing any of the digital discussion and it would have been just fine..............just my opinion of course
It certainly would have been the more dignified stance but I suppose there are 2 reasons I see why it didn’t happen:
1. As much as it’s always preferable to be the bigger person there is also something wonderful about sticking it to insufferable bores when they’re wrong.
2. He is writing an article for a magazine on the website of a hifi company who have infested a small fortune into a recording studio and record label that only records DSD and pushes that it’s the best recording medium regardless of if you’re going to master it for vinyl/DSD/PCM on release.
Turbo
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I love it when a small typo somehow still works in context. This might even invoke a better image of the situation.
HayesWeighsIn
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I 100000% agree with everything you’ve said here, myself being someone who has many releases I have worked and played on both on Bandcamp and the streaming services. I’m intimately familiar with the payouts and breakdowns.
I realize my post was a bit confusing - what I meant was that the albums that I have PURCHASED on Bandcamp, I would love to be able to stream at a lossless quality, rather than the only lossless option be to download and host the files myself. Bandcamp’s stream of albums you have purchased is currently only VBR MP3 format.
I am in no way advocating for Bandcamp to turn into a monthly-cost streaming service! Apologies for the confusion!
Jbraswell
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Economical with the truth. WTF does that mean??Seeing MoFi reference this review in ads for the Thriller One-Step makes me sense that sales aren't going to well for this pressing. And maybe it's just me, but this article at times seems to be sugar coating "the incident" and defending the label.............I don't know, this all seems to come across a little contrived. Enjoy
Article
"And that number is what sired the controversy, a fracas unlike anything I can recall since I first succumbed to hi-fi 54 years ago. A record retailer put two-and-two together and realized that, given the finite number of LPs which can be pressed from a stamper, MoFi would have to access the master tapes more often than any label would allow such priceless recordings to be handled.
This led to the conclusion that the LP had to be mastered from a high-res digital source because of the number of stampers that needed to be produced. Or something like that. In a series of events that recall the farce A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum, only without the humor, MoFi replied with a video of its engineers being grilled, which did little to assuage incandescent purists. As it’s all out there for those who care to wallow in taurean feces, I am not going to waste any more precious space (unlike One-Step boxes) in regurgitating what has preoccupied the audio community via social media, save for one thing. It is something which I find odious beyond belief, especially given the self-righteousness of most audiophiles. And how hi-fi per se is in enough trouble without enemies from within."
"OK, so MoFi was economical with the truth in that it failed to reveal the use of digital sources. That’s it. As far as sins go, it was hardly something which should result in cancelled orders, lawsuits or other overreactions on the part of a bunch of simpering audiophiles, pitchforks at the ready. Here’s why: the Thriller One-Step is so sonically sublime that it makes a mockery of any who negatively pre-judged it."
Douschery at it's finest. This sounds like a DSD band of brotherhood.