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noam wrote:all this picture disc shit is getting annoying. it makes me feel stupid and im not even the one believing there are actually picture discs, some people take hype so serious...

Mala: "Since then I have listened to maybe 8 copies of both versions of DMZLP001 at home and in the studio they are exact reproductions of the TP's. "

as much as i doubt the picture discs, i really want to know what mala meant by both version

yea great response, their was no doubt that if people continued to have problems with the record that mala, s.t holdings and transition would do their utmost to try and sort it out.

circleofpsy wrote:

noam wrote:all this picture disc shit is getting annoying. it makes me feel stupid and im not even the one believing there are actually picture discs, some people take hype so serious...

Mala: "Since then I have listened to maybe 8 copies of both versions of DMZLP001 at home and in the studio they are exact reproductions of the TP's. "

as much as i doubt the picture discs, i really want to know what mala meant by both version

he means test pressings and commercial runs.

Respect for the educated response. It's a shame still having to adjust the weight for one song (also apparently having an under-weighted needle causes a fair bit of wear to your plates), but it's definitely worth it the 10 seconds to adjust.

Only mala could produce a track with enough weight so make your needles fuck up.

epic response from mala.. top guy!

Thanks for getting back to us on this note
Very humble of you.

Nice to know that you care what people think about the quality of your releases, Many people wouldnt go as far as to write back like this

An email response with that much detail shows what a gent Mala is, and how much he actually cares about what he puts out to the masses.
Nothing but respect for Mala.

mugger t wrote:Respect for the educated response. It's a shame still having to adjust the weight for one song (also apparently having an under-weighted needle causes a fair bit of wear to your plates), but it's definitely worth it the 10 seconds to adjust.

Only mala could produce a track with enough weight so make your needles fuck up.

underweight or weighted correctly?? cos most people i know just have the weight on their needles on full all the time, jus cos they think thats what you gotta do

dont take this to be patronising in any case, im jus sayin, i used to jus have the weight on full and the anti-skate on full, i only recently adjusted all that shit

the only thing ive heard tho is that having the weight on full minimises treble pickup from the vinyl and the lighter the needle the more treble response, also how does having a lighter needle weight cause MORE wear to the vinyl??

edit: yeah in both cases of over weighting and underweighting you get mistracking which causes wear!

picturedisks in mobile quality

finally got my LP copy
proper vinyl pressing
proper quality
proper low frequency
NO SKIP
just bass weight and clarity

Big Up Mala for keeping vinyl alive
always onwards & upwards

Mine skip at the begining of livin different as well:/ (no matter the speed , weight , anti-skating settings) was so gutted i didnt even check the other tracks

koala wrote:




picturedisks in mobile quality

i was a bit disappointed in the beginining that i didnt get the picture discs but now looking at them im not really bothered lol. there really isnt much too them.

the same with the actual cover. seeing as its not like a normal 3 pack cover and opens up sort of like a book, you would think there would be something interesting on the inside for that reason. but its just the same picture thats on the front of stars lol. its a minor tho really.

koala wrote:




picturedisks in mobile quality

was it just blind luck if you got these?

yup, pure luck.. alltho i hate picturedisks, these are kinda ok. not too epileptic graphics..
perhaps gotta order again for normal vinyl

wtf, didnt know that i had 2 accounts..

richm wrote:You were right assuming that all pressing from one laquer family are the same. So the tps of DMZ017 should exhibit the same behavior as the DMZLP001

Dont know if I have missed something, but surprised this hasn't been mentioned. Is DMZLP001 counted at DMZ016 now then?

djfurness wrote:

richm wrote:You were right assuming that all pressing from one laquer family are the same. So the tps of DMZ017 should exhibit the same behavior as the DMZLP001

Dont know if I have missed something, but surprised this hasn't been mentioned. Is DMZLP001 counted at DMZ016 now then?

It's counted as DMZ015, DMZ016 and DMZ017. Look on the back of the cover or look at the etchings and it'll tell you. Mala always said it was a triple pack rather than an album.

I have it on good authority that the first 200 pressed were pic discs, which made me really hopeful that i would get one.

Now that I have seen them, im not too fussed, they look quite weird tbh.

Still a sick release.

d-i-z

interesting... I wouldn't have thought Mala would ever go for a picture disc since non-black vinyl is supposed to sound slightly 'not as good' or so a lot of engineers have stated...
I like'em though. does anyone know how the distribution of the picture discs went ? as in were they just sent to some lucky/unlucky shops whoever got the first batches or were they mixed in randomly so they could pop up anywhere ?
c.