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Everybody get this year's new Music Direct catalog?

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Posted on November 17, 2020 at 10:43:59
Chris from Lafayette
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 Mine arrived this morning. Didn't see anything that "new and thrilling" - but maybe that's not surprising for the year 2020? (Or maybe I missed something!)

 

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A lot of thrilling with prices to match :), posted on November 17, 2020 at 10:53:22
popsy
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 n/t

 

Lots of hi-res pretty pictures inside ;-), posted on November 17, 2020 at 13:34:51
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 And as inmate popsy mentioned, prices to match.

I received mine about a week ago and had to stop looking because the temptation is too great!


 

Yep. It's heavy, that's for sure., posted on November 17, 2020 at 14:03:58
ghost of olddude55
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 Going out in the recycling tomorrow night. Should keep the can from blowing over.



The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

 

Mine came this afternoon, posted on November 17, 2020 at 14:48:33
Sondek
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 It must cost a fortune to send these out.

I just finished looking at my account settings at MD to see if there wasn't a way to ixnay the catalog. I feel kinda guilty them sending it to me as I have less than zero intent to order anything from the catalog. If I buy anything this year it'll be directly from the website.

 

Resonance damper!, posted on November 17, 2020 at 15:15:39
Brian H P
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 Try placing under (or on top of) components. I've saved my previous years' issues, have one under and one atop my CD player, and another under my pre-amp. Products with comparable mass and density can sell for lots of bucks!

 

Reminds me of those old Decca, DG, and Philips catalogs, posted on November 17, 2020 at 19:21:47
srl1
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 that were so beautifully done.

 

probably relatively cheap, posted on November 17, 2020 at 19:42:46
LtMandella
 Probably printed in China or some asian country. Shipped here by boat. The U.S. printing industry has been - like so many other U.S. industries - undercut by Chinese and other asian countries.

Still some serious printers in the U.S. but nothing like it was 25 years ago.

 

Do I have to look at Paul Simon for a year? nt, posted on November 17, 2020 at 21:11:49
viridian
 Nt

 

RE: Reminds me of those old Decca, DG, and Philips catalogs, posted on November 17, 2020 at 22:28:36
immatthewj
 Yes! I thought the same thing.

 

RE: Everybody get this year's new Music Direct catalog?, posted on November 17, 2020 at 23:26:43
fantja
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 Paul Simon on my edition.

 

I'm sorry to hear that [nt], posted on November 18, 2020 at 01:40:10
Chris from Lafayette
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RE: Do I have to look at Paul Simon for a year? nt, posted on November 18, 2020 at 03:02:19
Bill the K
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 I dont mind the face but a concoction of Parsley and all kinds of spices, boxers, bridges and most of all Mrs Robinson will drive me crazy for a year.

Bill

 

That dog makes him look like he needs a crotch shave. nt, posted on November 18, 2020 at 07:42:24
viridian
 Nt

 

Saw that pic, thought, "I know what that means.", posted on November 18, 2020 at 09:47:06
ghost of olddude55
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 Newly mastered copies of albums that sold millions back in the day and are a cinch to find used.
Wonder if Edie Brickell gets a cut from every LP sold.



The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

 

RE: the industry was already tanking 25 years ago, posted on November 18, 2020 at 10:21:29
bean
 I worked at a company that made industrial chillers, and a large part of our customer base was the printing industry. We had a small department that would buy back used equipment and refurbish for other customers, and around '94 we were becoming deluged with offers of used equipment from printers. Idiots running the place expanded that department vs noticing the writing on the wall for new sales.

Things got worse, I left the company mid '95.

 

This song currently takes on new and different meanings/imaginings ..., posted on November 18, 2020 at 12:46:25
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 to where being in a bubble doesn't sound like such a bad idea.

Just for a while, mind you.







View YouTube Video


"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure



 

RE: the industry was already tanking 25 years ago, posted on November 18, 2020 at 14:08:36
LtMandella
 Yep, the chillers for large offset litho printing presses were used to cool "dampening fluid" (water mixed with alcohol and minor other chemicals) consumed during the litho printing process.

Roughly, oil and water don't mix, and an ink + water emulsion is created on the printing rollers and applied to the plates as the sheets are printed.

I had 20+ years of blue collar work operating those machines on factory floor, mostly 12 hour shifts, before I moved to estimating and production planning and within a few years then changed careers to become a computer programmer.

The industry was good, quality wise and productivity wise, until they busted the unions and good training ceased to exist. Then it was cheap, poorly trained amateurs operating the machines, with 1/3 of the production
typically going into the dumpsters!

 

I thought it was a little over done, posted on November 18, 2020 at 19:50:00
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 Especially because it is basicaly an MSRP list of conventional gear with pretty pictures. But I still like poking through it.

 

Exactly - the photography is geared for maximum temptation! [nt] ;-), posted on November 19, 2020 at 00:36:53
Chris from Lafayette
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Too late! Recycling was just picked up a few minutes ago. nt, posted on November 19, 2020 at 05:25:43
ghost of olddude55
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 nt



The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

 

RE: Everybody get this year's new Music Direct catalog?, posted on November 19, 2020 at 09:27:35
Don Reid
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 I keep my Music Direct catalog beside the toilet in my workshop bathroom so I can look at the pictures while I go. I haven't received one this year. I hope I haven't been dropped from their mailing list.
I dream of an America where a chicken can cross the road without having it's motives questioned.

 

RE: Everybody get this year's new Music Direct catalog?, posted on November 19, 2020 at 10:02:23
double28
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 I thought you were going to say "in my workshop toilet because it is cheaper than Charmin."


:0)


Will

 

RE: I thought it was a little over done, posted on November 19, 2020 at 12:08:44
Mike K
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 I'm with you. I did, however, discover that BAT has a new integrated amp
and some other new pieces with a different look to them. I

Lack of skill dictates economy of style. - Joey Ramone

 

Poking one instead of many..., posted on November 19, 2020 at 17:50:57
AbeCollins
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 Poking thru the MD catalog saves me from having to poke thru several issues of Stereophile or The Absolute Sound to see the pretty picture ads.... which is what those rags are mostly good for.



 

You cynic! [nt] ;-), posted on November 20, 2020 at 01:25:08
Chris from Lafayette
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You're right. But I've been called worse [nt] ;-), posted on November 20, 2020 at 14:25:10
AbeCollins
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Music Direct catalog, posted on November 21, 2020 at 14:27:15
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 there ARE some new ideas for vinyl purchases, and even though the 2LP 45rpm pricing is high, it's no higher than DTD prices were in the 70s.

i intend to give this copy to a friend who will get to see things in there that he doesn't usually. it's the big boy toy catalog.
...regards...tr

 

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