Burial & Massive Attack

if I recall correctly, when street halo came out people were making similar complaints about the pressing being of poor quality, when it was just burial using vinyl crackle instead of rain/burning leaves or whatever else he's used in the past. maybe he's just taking it to a new level this time, although I'm not sure why the streaming version would sound different.

  On 11/4/2011 at 12:32 PM, nene multiple assgasms said:

if I recall correctly, when street halo came out people were making similar complaints about the pressing being of poor quality, when it was just burial using vinyl crackle instead of rain/burning leaves or whatever else he's used in the past. maybe he's just taking it to a new level this time, although I'm not sure why the streaming version would sound different.

Nah, that was a shit press too. At least the A side. Overcompressed like crazy, trying to squeeze too much volume out of it. All you need to do is compare the digital version to the vinyl and you'll hear the problem. Surface noise wasn't the issue.

Pretty tragic how shit most vinyl presses are these days.

edit: it just occurred to me that, what if the added distortion was a mistake, but they liked the way it sounded and decided to keep it that way instead of doing another test pressing?

  On 11/4/2011 at 12:36 PM, brisk said:

  On 11/4/2011 at 12:32 PM, nene multiple assgasms said:

if I recall correctly, when street halo came out people were making similar complaints about the pressing being of poor quality, when it was just burial using vinyl crackle instead of rain/burning leaves or whatever else he's used in the past. maybe he's just taking it to a new level this time, although I'm not sure why the streaming version would sound different.

 

Nah, that was a shit press too. At least the A side. Overcompressed like crazy, trying to squeeze too much volume out of it. All you need to do is compare the digital version to the vinyl and you'll hear the problem. Surface noise wasn't the issue.

 

Pretty tragic how shit most vinyl presses are these days.

I've got both the vinyl and the flacs, and they sound pretty good to me. maybe the 12" isn't the best I've ever heard, but I think you're being a little picky. or maybe I got lucky and got one of the few decent ones.

I just hate that over-amped, squeezed-to-fuck sound that comes with "modern" vinyl presses. It's daft making the vinyl sound inhumanely loud anyway, since most clubs don't even have decks in them anymore (and the ones that do tend to use limiters anyway)

Better to do a clear, clean press that sacrifices volume, rather than one that is digitally brickwalled and loses all the charm. It genuinely makes me cringe, though maybe my ears are more sensitive than most. I also press a lot of vinyl myself, so perhaps i'm biased.

Wait so is there a digital version somewhere?

He probably means digital vinyls

(sorry!)

  On 11/4/2011 at 4:11 PM, acid1 said:

Wait so is there a digital version somewhere?

youtube version (and the mary anne hobbs play of paradise circus) are digital source afaik

wait, there is a digital version of paradise circus?

yikes, that vinyl rip sounds nasty

That vinyl sounds shit. Almost makes up for me having my finger on the order button and deciding I couldn't be arsed with any more Burial.

Seriously, the radio rip sounds way better than the vinyl rip

My god I love these tracks, been listening to them all day. Really so good. But.......

Ive listen to a few vinyl rips around the internet and the really sound like arse. The radio rip arse so lovely, except for Mary Ann Hobbs cringy commentary.

She has a sexy voice but I cant stand her commentary on Burial tracks. You'd swear she was riding the lad.

snoozefest

  On 11/11/2011 at 6:38 AM, verticalhold said:

snoozefest

S'really not. I thought it was, but really......no.

  On 11/11/2011 at 6:51 AM, chassis said:

  On 11/11/2011 at 6:38 AM, verticalhold said:

snoozefest

S'really not. I thought it was, but really......no.

Do you want to fight about it?

why can't they just release a proper digital version. this boggles my mind and makes me freaking crazy. this vinyl only shit these days is for the birds. makes absolutely zero sense.

  On 11/11/2011 at 7:35 AM, verticalhold said:

  On 11/11/2011 at 6:51 AM, chassis said:

  On 11/11/2011 at 6:38 AM, verticalhold said:

snoozefest

S'really not. I thought it was, but really......no.

 

Do you want to fight about it?

Yes

can someone PM me the radio rip please ;)

#932 arrived.

First thing I did upon arrival: download a rip from my favorite supplier. Mental note: 24bit96khz flac still sounds like crap when sourced from crappy vinyl.

  On 11/16/2011 at 4:42 PM, FurryThings said:

can someone PM me the radio rip please ;)

Radio rips have mary ann hobbs spewing shite over them.

mine smells like mothballs.

anyone have a link to flacs? i found a link but they won't convert for some reason, weird,never had that happen