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Dead Can Dance New LP "into the labrynth"

Does anyone have this new music fidelity pressing? Awesome to say the least, however on Track 3 on side one, "the wind that shakes the barley" I notice only on certain dynamic volume increases the recording sounds as though it was a little "hot" in the vocals? In other words I hear a ever so slight distortion for a split second no matter what volume level I listen to this track at. Could I have a bad pressing or do you think it's simply so resolving, it's coming through via the remaster? Any help or input would be greatly appreciated.
jimbojrjb
tom_hankins
928 posts
 
Have played mine a few times and I'm not getting any of the distortion your talking about through my system. Love both this record and recording.
jimbojrjb OP
54 posts
 
Interesting update to this...........I have taken my copy to 2 different audio systems and heard it on both, one to a lesser degree, but it was heard by myself and the other listeners.....very strange?? Possible bad pressing? I have no idea due to my lack of experience, but as an experiment, I am purchasing another copy of Dead Can Dance (I know it's silly) just to see if it's audible on the new copy as well.
abchand
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I recently picked up that same recording, and have a very similar issue with just that track. Everything else sounds fantastic, but on that particular song distortion appears in the left channel during the loudest dynamic peaks of the vocals. Jimbojrjb, I look forward to hearing what you discover with a new copy.
jimbojrjb OP
54 posts
 
Abchand, that is the very same issue I was hearing..........specifically in the left channel. I am waiting for my new copy to arrive and will post when I have an update.
bjbcab
131 posts
 
I am new to vinyl but I had a similar issue with a couple of Radiohead issues from Capitol records. There were others who had experiences similar to mine and a friend experienced in vinyl told me it was most likely (non-fill???). I think this is condition where the vinyl does not fill all of the grooves of the stamper and leaves a "pocket" in the LP groove that causes distortion particularly in louder passages.

Jimbojrjb, your experience sounds very similar to this.
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