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[Mather]

Red Cat are great. Kops is ok, but I have found their vintage pretty spotty.

Unfortunately I cant recommend Diamond Groove, who basically went out of business a few years ago. He is selling his remaining stock, but regrettably had a habit of regularly resleeving returns and putting them back out in the regular stock. Got burned on that a few times.

That's too bad, I haven't had any issue with re-sleeved items but that's no bueno. Thanks for the info.

 

[oldschoolkirby]

Crap, based on all these reports, looks like I'm going to have to move Spiritualized to the top of the stack to see if it has issues... will report back with results.

I'm on Side D now... overall it sounds really great! I noticed just a teeny bit of IGD towards the end of Side A, on a part where the vocals come in loudly/aggressively. Nothing repetitive though. Also some minor popping on Side C. Not deal breakers for me.

This is on an Ortofon Blue cart, FYI. Sorry you guys got bum copies.

 

[tvham]

I'm on Side D now... overall it sounds really great! I noticed just a teeny bit of IGD towards the end of Side A, on a part where the vocals come in loudly/aggressively. Nothing repetitive though. Also some minor popping on Side C. Not deal breakers for me.

This is on an Ortofon Blue cart, FYI. Sorry you guys got bum copies.

My first record sounds fantastic. Disc 2, however:

 

[duke86fan]

My first record sounds fantastic. Disc 2, however:

thats... impossible


that is not a warp.

that is a bowl

 

[ByersVinyl]

I hastily played mine over weekend and have not cleaned it yet but side C sounded terrible. Been too busy with lots of house DIY so will clean and spin on Monday /Tues eve.

 

[oldschoolkirby]

My first record sounds fantastic. Disc 2, however:

Yikes - my disc 2 was very slightly warped, but nowhere near that. Disc 1 was flat. I did have to enlarge the spindle hole on disc 2 to get it on the TT, however.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Can you describe the distortion

 

[tvham]

Yikes - my disc 2 was very slightly warped, but nowhere near that. Disc 1 was flat. I did have to enlarge the spindle hole on disc 2 to get it on the TT, however.

Yeah, I think I jinxed myself because I was so stoked on how good Disc 1 sounded.

 

[Ericj32]

I spun my Spiritualized today for the first time, too. I think mine is fine other than the first track on Side A sounding really good, but then the second and third tracks sound a little thin/muffled in comparison - is anyone else hearing that? The rest of it sounded great to me.

 

[Academy]

Can you describe the distortion in more detail and I'll double check my copy? I was keeping an ear out for it after I saw @Mather post something about it last week.

Towards end of third track side A, pretty loud right channel distortion hits, in some cases sounds like buzzing or loud crackle. It's repetitive not constant. It's very apparent, if you didn't hear it you're probably all good. Also last half of side 4 lots of pops.

It's pretty similar to what @Mather describes. It's almost like I'm listening to it on a small speaker cranked to the max and there's noise creeping in if that helps. I do think it's only Side A where I have issues, but I need to give C/D another spin tomorrow before reaching out to CS.

 

[RHANDMJ]

That's too bad, I haven't had any issue with re-sleeved items but that's no bueno. Thanks for the info.

Hey, there is usually only one reason a seller wont accept Paypal - claims.

 

[Mather]

Hey, there is usually only one reason a seller wont accept Paypal - claims.

Ha, never even noticed that. Good call.

 

[Colonel4Bin]

My first record sounds fantastic. Disc 2, however:

Every time I see a crazy warp akin to this, all I can think of is this carnival ride:

 

[oldschoolkirby]

Every time I see a crazy warp akin to this, all I can think of is this carnival ride:

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Loved this ride! Flashbacks to middle school with my cousin and begging the ride operator / DJ to play "Everything Zen" from Bush, lol

 

[MovinShadow]

After remembering that the costs have gone up considerably, I requested a new copy of my crunchy copy of Spiritualized and it’s on its way. Hopefully it’s a goody.

 

[Mather]

After remembering that the costs have gone up considerably, I requested a new copy of my crunchy copy of Spiritualized and it’s on its way. Hopefully it’s a goody.

Mine too, here's hoping.

 

[Turbo]

Mine too, here's hoping.

Did you provide video audio? I should do that too.

 

[Mather]

Did you provide video audio? I should do that too.

I did yep.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Did you provide video audio? I should do that too.

I included a video of mine and a new copy is on its way.

 

[NewsFedora]

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