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[earthbound child]

I am looking for CLEAR vinyls of GN and SOS. If anyone has any, please PM me if you want to sell them!!! Thanks guys!

[earthbound child]

Does anyone have any??? .......

[P-Man]

If they do, they'll post... you know how rare they are.

[devannah]

oh dear, are we still barking up that tree?

[earthbound child]

dev!!!! ahhhh!!!! she's back!!!! everyone run!

where have you been?......and yes, we are still barking up that tree, it had been a while so i figured i'd ask, lol

[devannah]

aaron, ive been no where in particular. new career, moved (again), same old same old...

i'll sell you my clear vinyl for a million bucks

[earthbound child]

haha, million bucks is a little steep, lol. if i win the lottery, i will buy it....... you ever comin to the usa? if you ever do, hit up nashville and we can grab a beer.....

[xavier]

Hey i knows you all want JBT clear vinyland i know this aint an Xavier Rudd forum but i love the two equally seem them both many many times and spent time with both , more with Xavier than John, . I have all the vinyls not clear though . i have the SOS and GN the later through the awful e bay or evil bay as we know it . I'm so desperately after a cd called Xavier and the hum which freakily turned up on e bay last week but a pal of mine screwed up on the bidding and i lost out , gutted. So i'm asking could anyone hear help me out with this particular Xavier Rudd cd ?. I would like to add i think it's a way sad corner for fans to buy more than one vinyl with the intention of makeing a whole heep of coin from the extra vinyl they've bought e bay yes but forum genuine fans coining it WRONG shame on you ! you know who you are

[Plarocks]

Yeah, I really have a fetish for the "Clear Vinyl" thing, and not just for the rarity, ect.

Classic Records here in the states actually made "Clarity Vinyl Pressings" that claimed to be the best sounding issues of their LPs, due to there being no color in the vinyl formula, thus pressing a purer vinyl LP.

They made this strange claim that the "Black Color" added to a common LP added a slight touch of magnetism that would slightly smear the sound on your phono cartridge, unless you zapped it with a $2000 LP demagnetizer.

Classic Recs claimed their clear LP pressings made the use of the demagnetizer unnecessary, as there were no traces of carbon in the vinyl mix that a traditional black LP has.

I figure this is a line of bull, BUT some of the best pressings in my collection happen to be on clear vinyl. (See the Bowie Ryko vinyl issues from the late 80s. They sound GREAT!)

Anybody do an A/B comparison to the clear versions of the JBT vinyls compared to the more common colored vinyl issues?

Did you hear any difference?

Rock on,

Peter

Edited by Plarocks, 28 December 2011 - 11:31 AM.

[misha]

Classic Records here in the states actually made "Clarity Vinyl Pressings" that claimed to be the best sounding issues of their LPs, due to there being no color in the vinyl formula, thus pressing a purer vinyl LP.

They made this strange claim that the "Black Color" added to a common LP added a slight touch of magnetism that would slightly smear the sound on your phono cartridge, unless you zapped it with a $2000 LP demagnetizer.

Classic Recs claimed their clear LP pressings made the use of the demagnetizer unnecessary, as there were no traces of carbon in the vinyl mix that a traditional black LP has.

LOL ... Pigment inducing a magnetic signal? What a crock ! More chance of a magnetic effect from the turntable platter & motor.

The amount of whats called 'master batch' pigment is so small, be it black or any other colour. The 'black' is really used just like in car tires... to UV stabilise the plastic and to mask the use of regrind material of potentially different colours. Even so, for UV doesn't have to be any colour at all... polycarbonate resin [stuff used for glazing, drink bottles and CD's] is UV treated and no colour presents.

Best thing you can do with even a brand new LP is wash to remove contaminants that come from the manufacturing process, such as mould release agents that can goop up the groove and have any dust statical attracted stuck in there too.
This sort of thing has a far higher debasing effect on LP reproduction.

LOL Gotta laugh at that magnetism hocus-pocus. It falls into the category of 'Audiofoolery'.... high level at that.