Some Vinyl picks today

bruss
bruss Posts: 1,039
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I went through some records today and found this along with some others, Prince, Petty, Led Zep..

This one seems special though. Discogs has a pretty high ceiling on it. Anyone have this?

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Harvest MFSL 1-017

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,925
    Yup. Purchased new.
    What about it?
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  • tratliff
    tratliff Posts: 1,763
    Holy grail in my opinion. Depending on condition.

    I have my eye on one at a local shop that is unopened. He wants $300 for it. I offered $200 and he would not take it.

    Let us know what you think of it.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,747
    Oh damn. Mine's been opened and played several times.
    George / NJ

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,925
    edited January 2020
    oh, mine's been played quite a bit over the last four decades.

    Based on what I read, modern ears find it somewhat thick, heavy and rolled off (on top) as befits (so the story goes) the limitations of the typical equipment upon which these disks were played when new. Stan Riker rather famously EQd the eary MoFi half-speed mastered LPs by ear (and this is a pretty early one, which I am pretty sure Riker mastered). I always liked the sound of his MoFi LPs (DSotM included), but not everyone does.

    http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/rickerinterview/
    https://positive-feedback.com/Issue2/ricker2.htm
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  • civilian
    civilian Posts: 357
    tratliff wrote: »
    Holy grail in my opinion. Depending on condition.

    I have my eye on one at a local shop that is unopened. He wants $300 for it. I offered $200 and he would not take it.
    I agree, I notice that your location is not in your signature. lol
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,747
    This is making me want to get a pre-amp with a phono section so that I can dig out my old Dual turntable with ULM Ortofon cartridge. Been so long since I played any of my vinyl. I have heard that the SQ is lacking in all the DSOTM releases. I wonder what the SACD will sound like. Could be awesome. Don't know if it has shipped yet. Pink Floyd seems very reticent to release High res offerings and allow them to be streamed, or even sold on HDTracks and the like. They are probably being shrewd due to the ease of copying and the tiny amts $ that they get from streaming.
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    well i found it in a garage sale for a couple bucks. the cover has some separation on the bottom corner that drives the value down, but otherwise its in pretty good shape.. slapped it on ebay with no reserve as I have another copy.the Vinyl is clean and I've played it twice and it spins great.
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    oh, mine's been played quite a bit over the last four decades.

    Based on what I read, modern ears find it somewhat thick, heavy and rolled off (on top) as befits (so the story goes) the limitations of the typical equipment upon which these disks were played when new. Stan Riker rather famously EQd the eary MoFi half-speed mastered LPs by ear (and this is a pretty early one, which I am pretty sure Riker mastered). I always liked the sound of his MoFi LPs (DSotM included), but not everyone does.

    http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/rickerinterview/
    https://positive-feedback.com/Issue2/ricker2.htm

    yea this one has a SR/2 in the runout. I think its from 1981 though.

    Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched): MFSL-1-017-A [something crossed out] 2-1 SR_2
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  • tratliff
    tratliff Posts: 1,763
    civilian wrote: »
    tratliff wrote: »
    Holy grail in my opinion. Depending on condition.

    I have my eye on one at a local shop that is unopened. He wants $300 for it. I offered $200 and he would not take it.
    I agree, I notice that your location is not in your signature. lol

    I'm in the DFW area.

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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    Some good ones today. 3 ramones and 3 mfsl.



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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    Found this Sealed Alice Clark yesterday.
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