Vinyl Me Please (store, exclusives, swaps, etc)

jamieanderson1968 said:
Make sure you give him the one with the biggest warp. Don't want him to get complacent.
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Dude, at this point I don't even care about warps anymore, just find me a damn record that's pressed properly. Since the beginning of November I don't have a single clean record from VMP, every single one has pressing issues. I'd start to believe it's something with my setup but periodic repetitive right channel crackle on mostly VMP pressed albums seems like an unlikely setup issue.
 
Mather said:
Dude, at this point I don't even care about warps anymore, just find me a damn record that's pressed properly. Since the beginning of November I don't have a single clean record from VMP, every single one has pressing issues. I'd start to believe it's something with my setup but periodic repetitive right channel crackle on mostly VMP pressed albums seems like an unlikely setup issue.
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Nah, your setup is just just showing it’s frustration w/ VMP too.
 
I finally received my copy of the highly sought after mobb deep album. Lucky me! Warped as fuck of course. It’s also totally not 180g as the hype sticker states. Anyone else notice this? Was it advertised as 180? Not that it matters they won’t have replacements and will have to refund me anyway. If they ever respond that is.
 
NathanRicaud said:
That makes me sad that most pressing plants have so much quality control issues nowadays! I wonder if it was like this in the 60’s, 70’s and/or 80’s?!
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I've never once heard these types of distortion and crackling on a vintage record. I've also never seen a warped one, it was definitely not like this prior to the past 15 years or so...

But also, fancy coloured vinyl doesn't help. Much more likely to have noise and issues. My Ann Arbor Vol 1 disc two has repetitive crackle on the last song on each side and guess where it happens? Right where the white vinyl and the black vinyl meet.
 
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NathanRicaud said:
That makes me sad that most pressing plants have so much quality control issues nowadays! I wonder if it was like this in the 60’s, 70’s and/or 80’s?!
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The problem is 2 fold. 1st) the revival in vinyl has outpaced the revival in vinyl manufacturing. There's less capacity than there was when vinyl was King, and though demand levels are nowhere near what they weird pre-digital, there's still an imbalance between product demand and output. This contributes to quality issues because the limited number of plants are too swamped to focus enough on QC - their goal is to move as much product as possible in the least amount of time. We need more manufacturers. 2nd) the equipment most places are using are nearly (and in some cases more) half a century old. This can lead to a higher rate of defects than in the past as well. We need newer machinery.
 
Mather said:
I've never once heard these types of distortion and crackling on a vintage record. I've also never seen a warped one, it was definitely not like this prior to the past 15 years or so...

But also, fancy coloured vinyl doesn't help. Much more likely to have noise and issues. My Ann Arbor Vol 1 disc two has repetitive crackle on the last song on each side and guess where it happens? Right where the white vinyl and the black vinyl meet.
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Mmmmmmm that’s what I thought myself! Every 50’s and 60’s second hand jazz record I’ve purchased (original pressings), have never been warped and sound great. And yes, no sound distortion as well!

I’ll listen out for that crackle on the Ann Arbor Blues Exclusive! Hopefully it’s not too bad! 🤞
 
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