New Black Sabbath! [Vinyl Box Set] 2017

have finally cracked it open. It is a beautiful box. The sleeves, book, posters etc are all of high quality and look fantastic. I am yet to actually listen to the vinyl though as I want a spare 3-4 hours where I can sit back and have a good listen.
I have loaded up the USB crucifix though. Plugged it into my mac to have a look at the waveforms. They are 16 bit flac files. Wasn't expecting that to be fair, not sure what I was expecting. But i was pleasently surprised to find that there is no brick walling or clipping at all. The waveforms looked as though they had a lot of breathing space.
Not working tomorrow so will give the debut a spin.

 

If your DAC has MQA decoding capability (some recent machines), the 16-bit FLAC files unfold to hi-res functionality upon playback. However, since the mastering used was from 2009 (pre-MQA), any theoretical sonic benefits from that format/process are limited or non-existent. Does no harm, though, for regular playback on non-MQA devices. If you just want the digital files and don't need the crucifix, they are available for download from Onkyo Music - the entire studio collection box set or the individual albums. Link below.

Hi Res Music Downloads | HD Audio Store | Onkyo Music

 

Video up today for an unboxing from the folks at SuperDeluxeEdition

 

Have you had time to listen to the records? Where have they been pressed at? Do the flac files have high quality cover art embedded in them or separate image files etc? Thanks!

 

Here is info from run-outs on Master Of Reality
Side A - 144191E1/A2
Side B - 144191E2/A - GREG & FINYL TWEEK

I have listened to most, not all just yet. They sound good to my ears. A little surface noise on a couple of them in quiet areas. I will give them all a spin clean and re-play at some point.

I have noticed what I feel is an issue on Sabbath Bloody Sabbath LP. The tracks volumes fluctuate to much. They are up and down. Fluff actually seems like its the loudest track on the LP. I need to rip it to wav and look at the overall waveforms for the entire LP too.

Also the labels on Paranoid are incorrect. They are the same labels as the debut LP.

Flac files have embedded artwork. I have only flicked through them but they sound fantastic.

 

Greg Moore (Finyl Tweek) did the recent Leppard Hysteria 2x12 UK as well.
Greg Moore (4)

 

This would be a completely unnecessary item for me - I already have the purple vinyl box of all eight albums that they put out a few years ago and I rarely play it. But, after watching that unboxing video . . . . .

 

Yeah, i don't even really like colored vinyl, but those splatter ones look like great interpretations of the jackets.
The vertigo labels and poly-lined swirl inner sleeves are really well done!

 

the box set is beautiful. everything about it physically is much better than the purple one from a few years back. problem is that people are noticing some issues with the vinyl.

 

This is getting a bit ridiculous. How many reissues do we need?

 

It is a nice enough box and I did not buy the other Sabbath vinyl box which of course now goes for money as this one will when it sells out. I have copied the usb stick but not yet played through it all or the vinyl. Apologies to all but I do not really need anything but the first 5 albums. They all seem fine to me on visual inspection. I was disappointed the files were not the usual high res and I will at some point compare with my other Sabbath high resolution downloads. Sabbath stuff really does sell well which I guess is why the sacd releases from Japan have not been re-licensed for another run - the owners of this catalogue don't need to bother about such small sales.
I copied the official stick because it quite big and heavy and does stick out from the Oppo player.

 

The Ten Year War box is in Tidal in MQA Master format. I am just listening to it. Sounds good to me!

 

The reason for the multiple sets is the separate licences; the USA and EU regions are different labels.

The North American set is Warner Brothers, and in Europe the licence is owned by BMG,
so the most recent EU set has the Vertigo labels on the packaging.

Add to this the fact there have been coloured vinyl editions, new black editions, and box sets
in two regions, it's a lot of reissues!

 

How do the lps sound in this new box set. I have the 2010 rhino reissues of all of these but am still tempted to get the box. I suppose if the sq was better it would make up my mind for me!

 

Are you going to get this boxset?
Anybody else here who already has it, what's your verdict on this set?
Especially if you happen to have different pressings I would gladly hear more comments..

 

I have the 2012 EU box. I was considering this one until I heard about the wrong labels and weird noise level issues etc. Hmmm. Might still get it though.

 

Anyone think the coloured splatter vinyl is not really in the spirit of a band like Black Sabbath?

 

Just got a call from my wife that "a very big and heavy box" arrived for me. Heh-heh-heh.

 

Sound?? Whats wrong with you? These look cool and are on splash vinyl. Thats the main thing now. Im thinking about just framing mine and making a Black Sabbath display table for the cool covers. The cross will be at the center of the display.

Ill play my original vertigos for some background accompanyment I guess.

 

Does Pono support this?

 

I ordered from Amazon.fr in the US. Set arrived yesterday and is awesome!

 

i hope they are better than the colored vinyls they released not long ago. lots of bad pressings in those ones...i have all the albums from 70's pressings anyways.

 

That album has always had those varying volume levels from track to track. My seventies era vinyl had it as does my SHM SACD.

 

No.

 

So this set is available from Qobuz in 24/96 for a very reasonable price. Has anyone downloaded it yet? I won't be springing for the vinyl but if the high-res 2009 files are decent I might download it. Thanks!