Pink Floyd "Animals" Japanese 1st Pressing Linear Tracking Turntable 96/24

Posted By : empanadilla | Date : 18 Jun 2010 07:59:00 | Comments : 22 |

This LP needs no introduction. If you're looking into this,you already know the deal.
Why another rip? I do not intend to demean the other member's rip of the same LP at the same resolution.
Here is the difference : this LP was recorded using a LINEAR TRACKING TURNTABLE as opposed to a pivot arm one.
This reduces inner groove distortion considerably.
I also use a very decent good elliptical stylus, the Ortofon OM20.
I hope you enjoy the difference.

Track listing

Side A
1. "Pigs on the Wing 1" Waters 1:24
2. "Dogs" Gilmour, Waters 17:06
Side B
1. "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" Waters 11:28
2. "Sheep" Waters 10:21
3. "Pigs on the Wing 2" Waters 1:27

As opposed to the DVD-A Quad mixes, LP rips are directly from the slab o' vinyl, so , no cue. .

Tech talk:
TT: Technics SL-QL2 Linear Tracking
Stylus: Ortofon OMP20
Preamp: Pioneer AV-2SX receiver
Card; MOTU 828 mk II FIREWIRE
Recording Program : Logic Pro
Decode and Post: : Side A Declicked manually in Adobe Audition 2.0, Side 2 Declicked in ClickRepair at real time at a "2" setting.
No EQ or signal processing was used

if you want to p2p it, please credit me, but
NO MIRRORS

pw: mojave

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Posted By: reuter Date: 18 Jun 2010 08:04:30

Thanks for sharing

Posted By: Dr. Robert Date: 18 Jun 2010 08:26:35

This will be an interest comparison. Plus I just bought my own copy of this pressing last week. Thanks

Posted By: wustenratte Date: 18 Jun 2010 09:06:46

Thank very much mate - looking forward to hearing this :)

Posted By: wersollsschonsein Date: 18 Jun 2010 09:15:08

Cheers from Ireland

Posted By: empanadilla Date: 18 Jun 2010 10:22:05

k'n k sez:
Thanks guys, hope you enjoy the comparison-I always like to compare rips, and , of course; every rig has its own particular sound.
I find the OM20 to be a bit on the bright side-which is my preference.
I usually clean my LPs with L'Art du Son, but recent economic setbacks have made me use the Lou Dorren Formula(QSI), which is used to bring the dust to the surface-therefore needing a preliminary playback so that the stylus can gather the dust. It works quite well too.

BTW; the Technics Turntable is the SL-QL1...not QL2....don't know where the 2 came from...
CHeers!

Posted By: unidyn Date: 18 Jun 2010 19:58:08

Thank you, this is an important album (ok, at least to me) and I'll always happily consider all versions. I just listened to side one earlier this afternoon on my Denon DL-160 and every groove was a delight, yet another rip of Animals out there also uses a tangent tracking arm and is also heavenly and has been my reference rip (except one small (very very small) edit flaw). I always prefer LP's direct on my system unless there's a pressing of better quality that I don't have, which is where these fabulous rips come in. And Dr. Robert, you know we want to hear yours as well ;-) Thanks again k'n k!

Posted By: Markbot Date: 18 Jun 2010 20:56:01

Are there still links to the "other rip" you guys are talking about for comparison?

Posted By: Dr. Robert Date: 18 Jun 2010 23:54:17

@ Markbot

The previous rip was done by aksman. Also pbthal did a redbook rip of the UK LP with his Terminator LTA

http://avaxhome.ws/music/rock/pifloanimals25ap340.html

@unidyn - Still waiting for my copy to arrive and then I will be busy with Frank and then the Fab Four for a while.

Posted By: ripcord Date: 19 Jun 2010 04:01:43

Your's is definitely the winner over my $1200.00 UE 11 Pro Custom IEM's. Just overall better clarity to everything.

Posted By: unidyn Date: 19 Jun 2010 04:10:20

Dr. Robert, I know you've been working hard on the Frank collection, outstanding btw, wonderful job on those! Meanwhile, I've yet to burn this one and anxious to enjoy, which should be ready tomorrow.

Posted By: dannyjl Date: 19 Jun 2010 05:02:11

Thanks a tone - great album and rip. Is there a quad mix out there? If so does anyone have a link?

Posted By: thequick1 Date: 19 Jun 2010 09:14:17

Thanks empanadilla, I'm looking forward to hearing this version

Posted By: spencexxx Date: 21 Jun 2010 11:02:38

Gee Whiz, ripcord! Those are some pretty expensive headphones. Please post the retail price of all of your A/V equipment so we can all marvel at your wealth and taste.

Thanks or the rip...I'll add it to my collection on my $225 hard drive.

Posted By: LezDawson Date: 21 Jun 2010 20:03:06

@ spencexxx: give the guy a break. He was just saying that with his mega expensive cans he can hear improvements from the previous rip. That's a compliment, not a brag - you sound like a jealous kid! ;)

@ empanadilla: Many thanks. It's that distortion you were speaking of that always puts me off most vinyl rips - they nearly always sound worse than audiophile CDs. Too many times they sound like they need to be played through a de-esser! I will gladly grab your very special vinyl rip! :)

Posted By: martwwa Date: 06 Jul 2010 08:16:56

Many thanks for this, empanadilla. As someone who has only recently got off his lazy arse to upload a post i now know the effort it takes to prepare something like this. Cheers!

Posted By: Woody469 Date: 25 Jul 2010 16:10:57

Thank You My Friend !

Posted By: iVic Date: 25 Oct 2010 00:00:26

Gracias por tu post, empanadilla! Estoy seguro que este es un rip genial!!!
Gracias desde Guanajuato, México!
PD: Anacleto Rosado... jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja. No puedo dejar de reír.

Posted By: tomasvalparaiso Date: 29 Dec 2010 00:33:40

alguien tuvo problemas para descomprimir??

someone have unrar issues???

thanks !!! ;)

Posted By: Pebble Date: 29 Dec 2010 15:36:25

empanadilla, I've just gotta say a big thank you for this rip. If this had been
vinyl I'd have worn it out by now! To my ears this is the best 24/96 I've heard.
It conveys so much energy, depth and clarity that it matches the best of avax's
top guns releases. For a political concept album the feeling/sound of edginess of
a depressed society really comes through due to the dynamics of the rip.
Just love it. Thanks.

Posted By: HaraldBluetooth Date: 24 Jan 2011 00:40:42

Thanks a lot empanadilla.

For those who need cue files:

PERFORMER "Pink Floyd"
TITLE "Animals [Side A]"
FILE "PF Animals A.flac" WAVE
TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE "Pigs on the Wing 1"
PERFORMER "Pink Floyd"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "Dogs"
PERFORMER "Pink Floyd"
INDEX 01 01:29:31

-------------------------------------------

PERFORMER "Pink Floyd"
TITLE "Animals [Side B]"
FILE "PF Animals B.flac" WAVE
TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE "Pigs (Three different ones)"
PERFORMER "Pink Floyd"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "Sheep"
PERFORMER "Pink Floyd"
INDEX 01 11:37:00
TRACK 03 AUDIO
TITLE "Pigs on the Wing 2"
PERFORMER "Pink Floyd"
INDEX 01 21:56:30

Posted By: nima1024 Date: 02 Jun 2011 06:32:08

Spliiting tracks from CUE sheet given by HaraldBluetooth with foobar cause quality loss?
What about with CUETools?

Thanks for excellent release ;).

Posted By: empanadilla Date: 13 Jul 2011 17:24:25

I haven't had a DSL connection since August last year , so I can not upload (or basically download) anything big. This situation will remain until the bastards at the phone company decide to install a landline in my house., please accept my apologies, Empanadilla.

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