hdtracks = horrible

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hdtracks = horrible

Posted by larryLR (A) on March 6, 2012 at 15:23:34

As some may know (I didn't until recently), hdtracks.com sells The Flaming Lips' "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" in 24/96 flac, but doesn't disclose that it's a 5.1 mix with huge amounts of information missing/mixed out from 2-ch playback. I told them--- and then found that many others had also done so. I discovered posts from ~2 years ago with the same complaints via simple google search.

hdtracks replied by stating that if the mix were wrong, more people would have complained. They are apparently refusing to even verify my and others' contentions. As far as refunds go, they initially refused to refund my purchase _because my order included other albums apart from "Yoshimi"_. They claimed that for some legal reason(s), I could not get a refund for an album (Yoshimi) if I bought that album with other albums as part of a larger order. Nevertheless, after some bad noise, they did refund my purchase.

They are continuing to sell this broken mix of "Yoshimi", so it's only fair to warn everyone. If I had done a reasonable web search, I could have avoided the mess myself. hdtracks.com seems quite content to exploit the ignorance of the purchasing public at large- and when they're called out on it, they make no effort to verify or resolve the issue.

Buyer Beware,
-L

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Topic - hdtracks = horrible - larryLR 15:23:34 03/06/12 (21)

RE: hdtracks = horrible - fantja 16:28:35 03/08/12 (1)

RE: hdtracks = horrible - Tony Lauck 13:10:32 03/09/12 (0)

skip hdtracks, try eclassical.com - mbnx01 17:59:06 03/06/12 (0)

RE: hdtracks = horrible - Bromo33333 17:02:08 03/06/12 (0)

Did you know - Jim Austin 15:45:00 03/06/12 (16)

RE: Did you know - Jwm 16:24:35 03/06/12 (3)

RE: Did you know - terrycym 04:15:42 03/07/12 (0)

RE: Did you know - Jim Austin 16:46:22 03/06/12 (0)

not really... - larryLR 16:45:11 03/06/12 (0)

Makes really good sense - Sordidman 16:21:23 03/06/12 (3)

RE: Makes really good sense - kbuzz 07:55:03 03/09/12 (1)

RE: Makes really good sense - Tony Lauck 13:16:19 03/09/12 (0)

Not sure I know enough of their catalog - Jim Austin 16:44:47 03/06/12 (0)

RE: Did you know - larryLR 16:18:10 03/06/12 (7)

RE: Did you know - Rob Bertrando 11:35:07 03/08/12 (0)

RE: Did you know - Bromo33333 05:33:06 03/07/12 (1)

RE: Did you know - Tony Lauck 13:54:19 03/07/12 (0)

There is no universal obligation - Jim Austin 16:50:18 03/06/12 (3)

RE: There is no universal obligation - Tubeham 19:28:13 03/06/12 (2)

indeed. and now, - larryLR 22:38:48 03/06/12 (1)

RE: indeed. and now, - Bromo33333 05:34:34 03/07/12 (0)

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