Audiofun, I'm out of vinyl for the same reasons you stated; I'm tires of the hassle, plus I was all set to order that same set you have.
It's a hit and miss with records, and I'm tired of missing.
Sade This Far
Sade's debut "Diamond Life" sounds quite nice on these 2 original press https://www.discogs.com/Sade-Diamond-Life/release/1201453 Tough to find, if you don't want to pay market. https://www.discogs.com/Sade-Diamond-Life/release/4572050 I have this pressing. Reissues generally are a let down. May as well play the CD. If one chooses to become a LP disciple, it's a inexpensive, good condition period press found in the bins or you paying market price from a seller. |
geof3: Thanks, maybe mine is a bad apple. I will look into it. orpheus10: It is a hit or miss I agree and most of the albums I obtain are decent to great, i.e. my recently purchaesd Valarie Joyce New York Blue is one of the finest sounding albums/recordings I have heard. It is far beyond the 96khz digital which I’ve owned for more than a decade. I have purchased CD’s that were equally disappointing, especially painful when I spring for an XRCD and it turns out to be a dud. This is not a subject exclusively germane to analog :) This has even happened with a $600 15ips tape “Here’s to Ben”, not so good, but “Jacintha is Her Name” was OUT OF THIS WORLD. Tape is a whole other level of risk. Jacintha is Her Name was one of the best sounding recordings I had ever heard but I noticed that for some reason some of the Groove Note tapes will fade after about 6 months. None of my other tapes displayed this trait and I am very meticulous about where and how my tapes are stored (and I check for magnetic fields). Tried to contact Groove Note via Elusive Disc but they would not respond to Elusive Disc who did follow-up with me. I suspect they are recording on poor tape stock. I am calmer now LOL. I was very disappointed yesterday after waiting months for this set. Ah, the value of a good nights sleep. |