Bought my first new audiophile LP...back it goes

The more I read about members having issues with poor quality vinyl, the more I think I am better suited to the silver disc.

Raquel,
That's a shame, because that is one great-sounding LP! I've been fortunate w/my Classic Records purchases. Sonically, most of them are very good.
Many have laid the blame on RTI for the poor quality control. Somebody has got to lean on those guys!

Tvad

I am with you. I have given vinyl a fair try. To me vinyl sounds compressed. The music stays locked between the speakers and never extends outside the physical boundaries of the speakers. One format is not better than the other they are just different.

I just received the new "Fragile", huge scuff/scrape
mark across the whole begininng of the 2nd side right
through the first song. $29.98 + shipping, now I have
to send it back to Acoustic Sounds, what a hassle.

But, I also bought the new "Dark Side of the Moon"
which is perfect & the new "Modern Times" by Dylan.
The Dylan is perfect, 2 180gm LPs, beautiful gatefold
w/inserts for $13.99! at Newbury Comics in Mass.

Don't give up on vinyl Tvad. I sometimes feel like I get away with stealing when I score a mountain of great vinyl from my used record shop. I mean $3.-$4. for records that blow anything on CD away. I have over 4 thousand LP's since 1998. I would say conservativley that 80% are better sounding than anything I have heard on CD.
I made the switch back to vinyl, and out of 2 thousand cd's I would guess that more than 2/3 of them sounded like crap.

I think that the recording industry is the culprit here. They moan about falling Cd sales. Why would some poor kid want to pay $18. for something that doesn't sound any better than what he can download for free?