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Silkie Album - bad pressing?
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:29 pm
by caspar
I havent bagged it yet myself but by the sounds of it the pressing aint very good?
Will be such a shame if thats the case (although I aint heard it myself):
http://forum.breakbeat.co.uk/tm.aspx?m=1971512965
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:48 pm
by Mr. Mittens
Damn that thread was a downer! Mine hasn't come yet, hoping it isn't true...
My copy of test sounds great, so maybe there is hope...
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:54 pm
by thinking
read the last couple of pages of the 'Official' thread on the Silkie LP - Deep Medi post in there.
http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=86920
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:28 pm
by godflesh fiend
I thought they did "test" presses first to make sure everything is fine???
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:40 pm
by thinking
TPs don't necessarily guarantee the quality of the pressing - they're more there to check the quality of the cut, and to ensure there's no actual fault in the cut/stamper such as skips, and to ensure the stamper is ok and no nasty shit got in there during the processing.
what can happen is crap collecting on the stampers during pressing - so some copies can be ok, and as more units get pressed stuff builds up and you get dodgy vinyl. There's not a lot you can do about this, it's just one of those things, and apart from checking every single unit by hand (not very practical!!) there's not much you can do apart from replace bad copies when they are discovered...
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:22 pm
by Province
hope the pressings arent weak. thing is though wasnt the album delayed for so long because of weak pressings?
pretty sure the delayed time is worth it so it should all be cool
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:08 pm
by dubsteptim
hopefully my copy sounds good when it arrives.
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:14 am
by mr jangle
Godflesh Fiend wrote:I thought they did "test" presses first to make sure everything is fine???
i heard the test presses and nearly threw up. not heard the full vinyl release yet, it aint optimistic seein as all the tunes are on 33rpm
hold tight the CDJs
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:54 am
by swomp
My copy sounds great
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:30 pm
by crypt
Mine sounds really bad too
"Sty" even skips all the way through..
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:41 pm
by boy_arena
Mine sounds great, only one problem tho, sty does skip on mine too.
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:49 pm
by syhr
Sty and Quasar both skip on mine
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:08 pm
by snf
just got mine in the mail yesterday, plays flawlessly. sounds EXCELLENT. out to silkie.
shame if the skips are on that sty/quasar side cause it's the joint.
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:20 pm
by dubsteptim
shit ive never been so nervous waiting for a record to arrive with all the chatter thats going on. hopefully ill end up with a good copy like others have.
otherwise ill just play the tracks off the cd
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:27 pm
by T_macabre
i could have tolerated the slighty poor quality on other tracks, had Beauty been ok. However its the worst sounding track on the album, so mine will be getting sent back to Chemical!
fingers crossed the issue is resolved along the line somewhere, as this album is such a beautiful piece of music, it's an injustice to not hear it how its supposed to be heard
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:29 pm
by jimitheexploder
syhr wrote:Sty and Quasar both skip on mine
yeah same on mine unfortunatly, its not sounding to hot.
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:36 pm
by steppa
Why don't you just download it? I downloaded it about month ago and my version is absolutely fine, even better when I burnt it to CD to give to my mate. Been rinsing that remix of Skreams - Filth he did so happy I have got that in the bag now, sounds amazing.
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:38 pm
by lomax
steppa wrote:Why don't you just download it? I downloaded it about month ago and my version is absolutely fine, even better when I burnt it to CD to give to my mate. Been rinsing that remix of Skreams - Filth he did so happy I have got that in the bag now, sounds amazing.
I actually gagged!!
You had me for a second! Nice one!
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:55 am
by T_macabre
steppa wrote:Why don't you just download it? I downloaded it about month ago and my version is absolutely fine, even better when I burnt it to CD to give to my mate. Been rinsing that remix of Skreams - Filth he did so happy I have got that in the bag now, sounds amazing.
jokes, right?