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[MHPALA]

Those Flying Lotus collector vinyl sets . Wish I could afford a vinyl collection. One day.

I buy all of my music lossless though (if released lossless), which has traversed my music collection to 200+ gigs (something mere to brag about).

 

[Sprite]

I also buy lossless too if I can get what I want. I wanted to see Fly Lo in April at Brixton but unfortunately I'm working and can't get the time off.

Ok so I have these on order...

Clark - Clark
Clark - Flame Rave
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 1
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
Flying Lotus - Pattern+Grid World
Flying Lotus - Reset EP

All on vinyl and also my Mondo Edition of Guardians Of The Galaxy - OST is on its way from the US so quite a few coming in the next few weeks.

 

[Boffin]

SUPER jealous of all the Fly lo on wax....

I have Bonobo's North Borders and Blacksands (favourite). Also have Disclosure, Arcade Fire's The Suburbs, the Black Keys' Thickfreakness and I have Arthur Verocai's self titled album on order. Moving further down I have a few classics like Pink Floyd's Darkside, The Beatles' Abbey Rd, a bit of The Rolling Stones and Fleetwood Mac. I also have a smattering of Vivaldi and Beethoven for good measure.

Would love to get into it more but with a lack of cash flow atm, as well as a niggling channel imbalance on my Rotel amp (troubleshooting discovered surprisingly it was nothing to do with my turntable) it makes things difficult. There are a few specific things I really need to get my hands on though...

 

[jimipitbull]

Some classic hip hops

 

[Sprite]

Well if anyone wants to grab these codes feel free. My Flying Lotus vinyl arrived today and 3 of 4 had MP3 codes. As you already get a digital download too of the albums you guys can have these.

1. http://bleep.com/flyinglotus-pgw
1a. 9xd80yUu

2. http://bleep.com/flyinglotus-la
2a. TtbeF416

3. http://bleep.com/flyinglotus-cosmogramma
3a. 3NJnJcC3

Enjoy those, I don't know if they will work multiple times or just once. Be sure to let us know who claimed what to avoid others trying and being disappointed. Also let me know what you thought of the music if you've never heard the albums.

I will have a special edition of Illmatic which includes unreleased tracks if I can find it.

Edit:

As promised here is the link and code for Illmatic by NAS. Enjoy.

Http://myplay.me/17s1

109U-BA01-EJG9-76WT

 

[Sprite]

Grab them while they're hot...

My Clark and Run The Jewels vinyl arrived today while I was at work. The Clark albums have codes which I won't use. Enjoy.

Clark - Clark

https://bleep.com/redeem/clark-clark

JFyeJxCZ

Clarke - Flame Rave EP

https://bleep.com/redeem/clark-flamerave

AyQaB2ZU

Edit:

The Run The Jewels 1 vinyl is hot, and it came with a limited 12" which contains another ton of tracks. Also on clear with green splatter.

 

[MHPALA]

Just acquired Flame Rave too. One day I will purchase the rest of his discography. I 'really' dig Silver Sun. It reminds me of the songs on his Totems Flare album, which I jammed allot back in high school (nostalgic moment).

That Run The Jewels vinyl looks purdy.

 

[Sprite]

Just acquired Flame Rave too. One day I will purchase the rest of his discography. I 'really' dig Silver Sun. It reminds me of the songs on his Totems Flare album, which I jammed allot back in high school (nostalgic moment).

That Run The Jewels vinyl looks purdy.

Must admit it does look very nice, I was happy to find it had an extra 12" with extra tracks.

Flame Rave is very good and I enjoyed all of the tracks. I'll have to look into Clarks earlier stuff and see if I can grab it on vinyl.

 

[Sprite]

Well it eventually arrived after just under 4 months wait...

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 1 Mondo Vinyl

Outer Front

Outer Back

Vinyl Side A

Vinyl Side B

Limited Edition Print - Drax (was hoping for Groot, Racoon or Starlord)

 

[AlexDB9]

Answering to the analog vs digital debate, we should remember that there is no such thing as digital sound, all sound is analog. Meaning that the speakers are material and not software. So if there is a 0 and then a 1 on the mp3, the speaker will play in that miniscule time a sound curve that goes smoothly from 0 to 1. It's the same with square waves, there can be no perfect reproduction of a square wave, it always has a small slope because of the inertia of the speaker. With a sufficiently high sample rate I doubt the speaker translation and reproduction from an mp3 is any different than from a vinyl.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

It's true that vinyl isn't, technically, the 'be all and end all' when it comes to the sound reproduction. Based on my own experience, an MP3 can't produce the same depth as a vinyl record but a FLAC/ALAC file certainly can.

As much as I love vinyl and the sound that a good record player produces, there's no doubting that the one downfall is the bass reproduction. Too much bass and the needle will jump and scratch the surface of the record, so bass is toned down for vinyl reproductions. That's probably the reason people believe vinyl has a 'warmer' sound.

So a lossless file based off of the same recording as a vinyl record should, technically, reproduce a more accurate reproduction than a vinyl record.

With all that said, I still prefer vinyl just because I enjoy the experience itself and having a physical copy (extra points if it's a picture disc and/or coloured wax) with decent sized artwork.

 

[AlexDB9]

Yes, when I wrote mp3 I meant a digital format having in mind actually the lossless kinds you wrote.

 

[AlexDB9]

Too much bass and the needle will jump and scratch the surface of the record, so bass is toned down for vinyl reproductions. That's probably the reason people believe vinyl has a 'warmer' sound.

If the bass is less on a vinyl how can it be heard as warmer because of it. No, I think the warmth factor actually comes from a drawback of the vinyl to record transients faithfully, like cymbals' attack or sibilance. It's funny because CDs were marketed as having "crystal" sound, yet vinyls are still around (and due to a comeback) in large part because they don't have such a crystal sound. I believe this toning down of transients agrees with our real life experience were transients are not as pronounced as in digital songs because usually we are not at microphone distance away from sound sources such as peoples' mouths.

With all that said, I still prefer vinyl just because I enjoy the experience itself and having a physical copy (extra points if it's a picture disc and/or coloured wax) with decent sized artwork.

👍

 

[Sprite]

The problem humans have with sound is two fold:

1 humans have a limited hearing range and like our sight, smell, taste and touch it has the ability to fade over time or with damage done to the specific body part.

2 training, if you train yourself to hear specific things you are able to, this conditioning of specific frequencies is done over time and repeated listening sessions and a lot of the time you don't even know it.

I love music and to be truthful I don't mind how I listen to music. But I do prefer a HD FLAC/WAV or Bluray/DVD audio file over anything else, this is simply because my audio set up allows for this digital signal to be uninterrupted until it hits the DAC whic then is put through the Amp and out of the speakers. This keeps the audio clean, precise and clear.

The problem with that is then how the music was recorded, if I play a poor recording it shows out like nothing before and that's because a CD player with DAC then through phono cables masks the poor quality. If I play a really stunning HD file like Daft Punk RAM (known throughout the industry as one the best recorded record today) then it's such a smooth and beautiful sound it just blows me away each time I play it.

Vinyl can't reproduce all the frequency range of human hearing, but it does have a distinctive sound and I can confirm, playing Daft Punk RAM on vinyl really doesn't take much away from the studio master files when played on a good system. I know this because I own both versions of the album and played them on one system with same amp, speakers and cables. As for the CD version? It's not bad, just not as good as the others, but this is all subjective and what sounds good to me maybe horrid to you.

On the flip side, Power Gloves - Blood Dragon OST sounds too clinical on Studio FLAC but positively beautiful on Vinyl.

I would never discount a format or judge anyone for preferring a specific way of listening to their music unless they were going to damage their hearing (I'm looking at you white iPod earphones).

 

[MHPALA]

I would never discount a format or judge anyone for preferring a specific way of listening to their music unless they were going to damage their hearing (I'm looking at you white iPod earphones).

This^. Less on the scientific debate. No one needs to fry their brain .


@Sprite Will be awesome. Not sure if you're a Hudson Mohawke fan.

https://bleep.com/release/58181-hudson-mohawke-lantern

 

[Sprite]

This^. Less on the scientific debate. No one needs to fry their brain .


@Sprite Will be awesome. Not sure if you're a Hudson Mohawke fan.

https://bleep.com/release/58181-hudson-mohawke-lantern

I'm not a huge HMh fan. Some stuff is ok but other tracks not so much.

I may look into the new album though.

 

[Sprite]

Ok guys two more codes for free music.

This time from Square Pusher and his band and its thier debut album.

Shobaleader One: d'Demonstrator

http://bleep.com/squarepusher-ddemonstrator

H6qM4QPj

And from the Back to Black reissue of Mos Def - black on both sides

www.backtoblackvinyl.com

W78T9892U

Enjoy and remember to let us know what you think if you've never listened to the album and if you downloaded it.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Here's an oldish photo (October last year) of my setup, because I thought it would be fun to share. The cube is slightly more full now, that's the only real difference. But anyway, this is my tangled cord pride and joy, opposite my comfy armchair, next to the back window where the native birds hang out all day:

 

[Sprite]

Anyone get any RSD vinyl?

I didn't get chance myself as I couldn't get any time off work. A local store has the three records I wanted left in stock and will have them up for sale next week online. So I hope to grab the at that point.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Nothing for me. My local record store didn't get a delivery of the 7" I was after. They said they would try and get it still in though. 👍

 

[Sprite]

@Cap'n Jack what 7" was it?

And here is a DL code for any Squarepusher fans.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

@Cap'n Jack what 7" was it?

Whoops, Tim Kasher/Chris Farren split. The record label (Saddle Creek) ended up putting a few up on their web store, so I was lucky enough to pick up a copy for myself and a friend! In the end RSD was a success.

 

[MHPALA]

@Cap'n Jack what 7" was it?

And here is a DL code for any Squarepusher fans.

View attachment 352654

Knew waiting was going to be worth it. You have my deep thanks .

Checked out Drew Dustman (Falty DL), Lapalux, or Jam City's new albums? Gold stuff.

 

[Northstar]

I guess I'm a part of the club now since this arrived in the mail.




I don't have a turntable yet, but I wanted to at least get a hand full of records so I have something to listen to when I do get one.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Welcome to the (very non-exclusive) club! If you have any questions about records/turntable setups, just ask away, there's plenty of knowledge in this small thread.

 

[R0ssingt0n]

I think it's time I admitted I have a slight obsession with The Cult

 

[Northstar]

My purchases from today.



Opiate is the first vinyl I've seen that was cheaper than the CD version. The Dio picture disc seems to be left over from last falls RSD so I picked it up. Both Wind & Wuthering and Hotel California were used buys, which I know nothing about so hopefully the conditions on the tag were accurate (what should I look for when buying used vinyl?).

I have a couple things to take care of, than I will be able to get a setup that lets me actually listen to what I've purchased thus far.

 

[Sprite]

Another freebie download from the Bjork vinyl.

As always first come first served. Enjoy.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Here's a free download code for Jeff Rosenstock's We Cool?:

Simply visit: www.dropcards.com/vinyl
Enter access code: 72DTQKFMM7




And here's my latest purchases, I haven't had the money for the last few months so I'm making up for it with an Andrew Jackson Jihad three LP bundle. All three are limited to 800 pressings, nothing really impressive but they come on pretty coloured wax:


People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World

Can't Maintain

Knife Man

 

[Sprite]

Love the looks of the Can't Maintain vinyl.

First of my vinyl pre-orders are in.

Czarface - Every Hero Needs A Villan - 2LP on crystal clear vinyl and includes a comic too.