Pet audiophile peeves - name yours

1. Base for bass

2. Minty

3. Cowards with Keyboards

Vinyl sellers knowingly or otherwise representing products as "first issues" or "original releases" when they are not.

A good example is Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane currently offered for sale ($45 WOW) on Audiogon. Seller is representing as original stereo issue when in fact the first 4 Jefferson Airplance albums were issued on the black label (in mono and stereo). Not until "Bless It's Pointed Little Head" in 1969 was the orange label employed.

I see dozens of misrepresentations every day scanning the LP For Sale section and the sellers are asking outrageous prices.

Don't take it for granted any of these sellers, including the guys with the huge "personal collections", know what they are talking about.

Caveat emptor my friends.

PS
The sleeve shown is not original first issue either.

Private email me if you want to see pictures of the original record and/or sleeve.

No charge.

:-)

People who offer sincere apologies and really don't mean it.

Sincere apologies to nobody.

Inexperienced vinyl sellers who continually advertise hot stampers when they couldn't tell one from a clothes hamper.

One would need to hear dozens of copies of the same record to designate any one a "hot stamper" and even then who decides it is sonically superior enough to wear that crown.

And please define hot stamper.

Beware of the rookies.

I'm still keen on the "hot stamper" seller here.

One of the latest ads claims "almost a hot stamper".

Cracks me up.

Is that like almost pregnant?

That's different.