I have sent emails to Capital and 4 Men with Beards about the source of certain LPs and they never responded. The UHQR Pepper ain't in that same league at all. Wax Time is made in Spain, if I recall correctly. University Records means records or record systems that Proposer (1) creates, (2) receives from or on behalf of University, or (3) has access, and which may contain confidential information (including credit card information, social security numbers, and private health information (PHI) subject to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 . I know the individual components are quality pieces because I never buy any hardware or software (the real subject of this article) that hasn't received some favourable reviews from credible sources, so I am sure it's that they are not complementing each other as a system. Are you changing your recommendations of the Fairport Convention reisuses on FMWB? Early studies on digital data quality within electronic health records revealed a long list of concerns including: incompleteness, duplication, inconsistent organization, fragmentation and an inadequate use . It is suggested that you develop one procedure to comply with Clause 4.16. Anyone have any experince with the following: But that's another story. Ie., fully open. I didn't trust and don't like what I read about them and also didn't like the sound (like Cd I think) Blue note sound on my mind is more "dirty" with some "saturation" sometimes. The Leonard Cohen live stuff recently released on vinyl is a 48/24k recording upsampled to 96/24k. The Hoffman/Gray re-issues from Analogue Productions and Music Matters are spectacular, and a benchmark for how an audiophile re-issue should be made and marketed. 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I'd take the DSD sourced vinyl over those any day as they are way closer to the masters (unboxed Decca UK pressings are a different matter, most of those sound great if you can find them in good condition). Januar 2012 22:59 If all the informationis not available, there is probably a reason. eck, any version of an album is "sourced" at some point from the master, regardless of how many copies, remixes of digitizations have occcured. Bryan Ferry, Dylanesque, 96/24. This is supposed to sound good. Of course sometimes content trumps source but if the source was originally analog and the source is available, using a CD to cut a record is inexcusable. Classic Records' version of Tapestry was fantastic. I wanted to replace my Reprise pressing from the eighties, and tried like heck to find any information about the Rhino pressing I could, but no luck. However, all the trouble began when I got to track 5 and it skipped twice (very bad, jumpy skips). Don't dismiss them outright because of the label, because you might be passing up a good vinyl. To: contact@hdtracks.com DOLCHESS 140g (pressed in the UK?) They have also released some excellent sounding pressings, for example of film soundtracks or historical compilationsthey are not a pure re-issue label, they also have original releases, though no original artists I think. I think it's worth putting this on. I'm truly happy with it. 4 Men With Beards? Sundazed's mistake was to not put its name on them! Glad someone else noticed. In the unlikelyhood that Mobile Fidelity or Speakers Corner does their fancy reissue of these records I'll gladly fork out the money, but in the mean time if I want to hear Embryo, Lard Free, Mythos, Anaxis Quam, Holderlein and lot's more, I'll be listening to them on Wah Wah. Bob Dylans "Modern Times" LPis much better than the CD, real dynamic range where the CD sounds squashed. but when I spend $25 or $50 on a 180 gram reissue, I want to know the source used and who did the cutting, plating and pressing. "Sourced from" does not necessarily mean "cut from.". Consider The OXFAM Online Record Store, Platter World in Garfield, NJ Closing End of December, 2014, Record Score of the Day at The Princeton Record Exchange. I have a general idea of what people on here think of this site (see below), but maybe, just maybe, this is a way for all of us to be a part of the solution. The "sourced from" designation pretty much means: 1) it is not cut from the original master. - My pressing of "Pink Moon" does not appear to have been manufactured by Simply Vinyl. Sound is Ok, sounds digital, a bit flat. I remember when MFSL reissued several John Lennon LP's about 10 years ago. It's not 100% accurate or complete, but I haven't seen better elsewhere. Samuel, Son & Co. is a leading global network of integrated metal manufacturing, processing and distribution divisions . Could some enterprising person create a table with columns for Reissue Label, Overall Reliability, and Comments? Caveat Emptor. I guess I have to stick with mainly used vinyl. The actually "lifted" the black and gold sticker Sundazed first created. So, like probably many people I thought buying 180 or 200 gram remastered vinyl was a good thing. The low end was muddy (thought it was my old ears at first), sloppy mid and highs. Doxy and WaxTimes can claim their junk is sourced from the original tapes too, after all, the CD they use to master comes from the original tape. I pinpointed the skips and examined them under my hand-held microscope and saw lots of silvery specks all over it. Same crappy mastering only on thicker vinyl. I don't care! Very interested to compare to originals though. Watch out when the Beatles, Stones and others get into the public domain here. Prokofiev . The DSD mastered Stones reissues sound fantastic as do original UK Deccas. P.S. I would not be against lightning. She hit the brakes, put some money in my elder brother's hands (he was the bravest of us three boys, although not the eldest) and said "Tell the store owner that your mom wants to buy the man hanging in the window." Magical Mystery Tour was the specific title I had in mind when I orignally posted this. Sure bet. Awful! (Swiss-Italian Radio Orch./ Scherchen. I haven't listened to it yet but this is a lesson learned. Perhaps one day the reissue and "HD" music businesses will reach a level of public conscieness that similar ad hoc (voluntary, yet accurate and agreed-upon) standard vocabulary --- and its uses --- will come about. Readers of Audiostream.com know the subject of "what's in a name?" The Friday Music Elvis reissues are analog and great sounding. I just got a Carole King simply vinyl, cleaned with that $4,000 record cleaner Mikey talked about at T.H.E. I agree with you there! I kept listening in hopes of adjusting my ear, but could not have avoided that eerie feeling that they tortured music to death before they buried in the vinyl. Also, I've come to the conclusion that so called "mastering" is simply a ploy to make the recording sound LOUDER. There are a lot of factors that go into whether an LP sounds good or not, and whether digital was involved is only one of them. Trust your ears. There are so many recordswith that common "180G" gold on black sticker..when I see that sticker, I assume its straight up transfer of a CD to vinyl by whichever summer intern in the office shows a bit of apptitude. ". Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) are a rich data source to measure and improve quality of care. Mark Hammar is a Certied Manager of Quality / Organizational Excellence through the American Society for Quality and has been a Quality Professional since 1994. I remember purchasing some, and quickly learning my lesson. At least I'm not as dissapointed when it is a dud. I'm not sure I see the value in such a thread. I have bought a couple of records from this label for $15+tax: Ray Charles and Grant Green, and found the quality to be poor. One could put out a 180G album that was cut from a 30 years old cassette copy of your college roomate's cassette, which was 35th gen copy made at the record company factoryand say the 180G album was "sourced" from the 1st gen master. The Hickory County Recorder of Deeds, located in Hermitage, Missouri is a centralized office where public records are recorded, indexed, and stored in Hickory County, MO. I'm thinking of getting this LP, since it seems to be the only release of the original soundtrack for "Psycho" on vinyl (I compared it to the movie and it's definitely not a re-recording). And some post partial information, like on some John Coltrane reissues that have a sticker that says "Sourced by Rhino, distributed by Scorpio.". The quality of vinyl that consumers buy is actually the responsibility of the labels and not the pressing plants, labels should monitor what they are putting into the market and withdraw any faulty pressing runs, it's labels quality control that is failing vinyl, too many people skipping test presses or not even bothering to listen to them, Maybe they should start putting the "SPARS Code" (remember this on CD) on the LP jacket. Why not put them to use and aide "the cause? 4. who mastered it. After I cleaned out the mass, I used my Record Doctor V vacuum record cleaner with a small mix of distilled water and 99% isopropyl alcohol and sucked out the residue. It's definitely a good effort. Anyone know anything about Fat Possum's reputation? This is an exchange with HD Tracks I had a while ago. So not really "original masters". Not particularly good Then on the other side 3 versions of I think Jeepster. Probably different sources. Sometimes we get slightly fudged information. Putting on the Fly,Electric Warrior after the 12" has people bopping around the room. There are some excellent vinyl reissue labels that use original anaolg sources and produce very good lps such as Analogue Productions, Speakers Corner Records, RhinOvinyl, Classic Records, Impulse!, Sundazed, etc. I might back off those Ermitage records and keep looking. Call me crazy (and you wouldn't be the first!) Compressed and terrible sounding While this should help improve your AK experience, there may be a slight interruption of service during the actual software transfer. Kevin Gray told me himself he cut them from the tapes, so yeah, believe whatever you want. Completely agree, I had a similar experience as well with quality issues. I'm not good with lists. We use analog & digital sources, for the majority of our releases we use high res digital files sourced from the master tapes. Marche Hongroise, Schumann . When I first played it, it sounded so bad I thought there was something wrong with my system. With or without the compression from Marcussen - the masher - mastering??? Just because something's been pressed on 180 gram vinyl doesn't mean its going to sound good or that it was sourced from analog. Create or Clone a Quality Record; Edit a Quality Record; Share a Quality . Simply Vinyl refuses to identify sources. The same problem exists for audiophile CD reissues also. In an email exchange with MFSL, they admitted the LP's were not cut from the "original masters" but from a remix provided by Yoko Ono (who knows if digital was involved). My apologies if someone has already asked this. Sony/Legacy's Record Store Day Monomania! They are taking advantage of the EU law that puts stuff beyond a certain age in the public domain. True story! He never had the original mono tapes. Lionel. I would like to say that I am more of the persuasion that record companies are ripping everyone off by knowingly releasing an inferior sounding product to keep the "remaster" business going. Love the record, it sounds just a tad muddy. The current Trulia Estimate for 328 Compass Poin is $454,000. No information is lost. this can result in this site earning a commission. Great to see the reissue of Some Girls is now on HD Tracks. One of the the Gil Scott-Heron LP's (The Revolution Will Not Be Televised) has a "RCA Special Products" sticker on the back while the others don't, I'm happy to get his Flying Dutchman albums since the originals go for big money and are rare, ditto goes for Leon Thomas. Consider this answering your question without directly addressing your question". Lots of labels have cottoned on to the fact that they can make great margins from knocking out a badly sourced record so long as they put a '180g audiophile vinyl' sticker on the front. I don't believe in conspiracy theories, why would Kevin convert the tapes to digital files? Try finding a really good sounding Stones record on the London label. This guide is intended for owners and operators of all PWSs serving fewer than 10,000 persons. Clinical alerts and reminders. Quality of Miles Davis on Ermitage 180 gram Vinyl Discussion in ' Music Forums ' started by T68, Feb 16, 2019 . So this means I concentrate nearly all my spending on mint used LPs which is sort of a shame for the record companies and artists, I'd like to buy new vinyl but it's like a 50/50 proposition that it will be mastered and cut correctly unless, of'course, I source it from MoFi or the others Mickey mentions. What do you say to that? Demand for new vinyl records outstripping supply is a common theme when the topic of quality control rears its ugly head. I'd like to throw in my two cents: Avoid anything released by the Italian reissue label Get Back records. Anyone else unfortunate enough to grab that same LP? . How It Sounds on Vinyl The First & Only Vinyl SQ Database , Forum Policies, Rules, and Terms of Service, Well mastered records sound better bigger, clearer, wider, more coherent and louder. The Electric Prunes and (Reprise) Meters albums sound great, the Josies are OK since the original recordings weren't that great but the music will get you moving. It is unfortunate. https://www.discogs.com/Santana-Abraxas/release/16479144, I just read through this whole thread and found it very interesting. Hey we need to bring back those goofy AAD designations that used to be on CDs, where it was implied that DDD was somehow the ideal, but now we need them for vinyl -- AAA implying pure analog recording, mixing, and mastering! The compression may be an aesthetic choice, or may be done so to accommodate use on portable devices. 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