Hopstretch

Anybody got this yet?

Aztec Camera -- High Land, Hard Rain Vinyl.

Radiohead -- Amnesiac

They're gonna enjoy trying to push Baguette's library "up to the cloud".

"Ow! My Balls!"

Indeed. You can cancel without penalty any time up to 24 hours before check-in.

New Order -- Substance

Vangelis -- Blade Runner: Orchestral Adaptation Of Music Composed For The Motion Picture By Vangelis

So here's a vinyl noob question of note -- why are some records so much noisier than others? This morning I listened to a couple of mid-80s LPs that had clearly been knocked about a bit in their lives, but after cleaning were very quiet and generally pleasureable to hear. Then I put on a brand-new "special edition" 180g release that supposedly got the kid glove treatment in both production and pressing, yet it's like the needle's tracking over sandpaper. The surface noise is so high it's pretty much unlistenable.

Aztec Camera -- Knife UK Vinyl.

Nice.

Her burn rate was increasing steadily, too.

Some excellent lines. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbe2dtRt0Ik

Sold mine and bought HP1s. Do not regret the substitution.

Badly Drawn Boy -- About A Boy: OST

I'm thinking you can get to New York pretty easily from most parts of Pennsyltucky and a weekend exploring The Blind Tiger, Spuyten Duyvil and the Ginger Man might be in order. What do you reckon, Dinny?

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark -- Crush Vinyl.

I think we can safely posit that no Grado family member was ever in too much of a hurry to stop and pick up a penny spotted on the sidewalk.

My memory might be wildly off base but I'm pretty sure it was discussed somewhere here not that long ago. EDIT: Here's we go.

Isn't Joe charging, like, $2K for HP1000 refreshers now? Making hay while the sun still shines, I guess.

Fnarr fnarr!

Joe Jackson -- Night And Day Vinyl.

Asked because I read the Ken Kessler spoogefest where he swears there's ZOMG moar bass with the newer models. Always take reviews with ze grain of salt, but he has heard probably as many Quads as anyone. Maybe he was pitching his book idea at the time! http://www.quad-hifi.co.uk/downloads/HFN%20ESL%20review%2006.pdf

Don't listen to the Monkey. He's a muck-savage DACshite. Are you using flats on the HP1s? It helps a lot with comfort and is the way to go sonically, too, though it took me a while to see the light on that myself.

'Til Tuesday -- Welcome Home Vinyl.