Intervention Records Hybrid SACDs

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by toilet_doctor, Dec 16, 2016.

  1. Buy a brand new car and take delivery and you notice the paint is scratched. It may drive fine, but you didn't buy a used car. Thats a lot of money for a scratched disc. YMMV.

    "Can I have my money back?" Gerry Rafferty :winkgrin:
     
  2. Dok

    Dok Senior Member

    You don't how close to home you hit with this. Not scratched (although I managed to inflict some of those myself) but defective in its assembly. Too off topic to enumerate but just a royal PITA.
     
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  3. toilet_doctor

    toilet_doctor "Rockin' chair's got me" Thread Starter

    Location:
    USA
    I think of big pile of the discs with some movement against each other.
    I'm not going to return mine either - replacement could come in much worse condition.

    Did anybody tested inner sleeve with another disc?
     
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  4. I didn't. I read the OP specifically mentioned that it wasn't the plastic inner sleeve causing the scratches, I thought for sure it was the culprit. That inner sleeve is like a thick plastic used to protect CD jewel cases or LP jackets. It's unlike any inner CD sleeve I've ever seen, be it cloth style, paper or Japanese rice paper (if that's the proper term for that). And if it's not the plastic inner sleeve, then there really is a quality control problem and with and there is no excuse for that. Offering scratch-free replacement discs is the right thing to do and would go a long way with me.
     
  5. eelkiller

    eelkiller One of the great unwashed

    Location:
    Northern Ontario
    I suggest you look for the Japan SHM-CD, great sound and proper disc protection. I went the wrong route.
     
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  6. Bill Mac

    Bill Mac Forum Resident

    Location:
    USA
    Has anyone contacted Intervention Records about the scratched SACDs?
     
  7. toilet_doctor

    toilet_doctor "Rockin' chair's got me" Thread Starter

    Location:
    USA
    Has anyone received clean disc on a first place or as a replacement one?
     
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  8. I'll let you know when mine arrives, but based on the reports here, I don't have much confidence that I will.
     
  9. Claus

    Claus Senior Member

    Location:
    Germany
    Why they don't use the inner sleeve like MFSL used. Or the rice paper from the SHM-SACDs.
     
  10. Say It Right

    Say It Right Not for the Hearing Impaired

    Location:
    Niagara Falls
    Pulled the trigger on the Ella Fitzgerald. It's my understanding that disc 2 is redbook only, as the entire album is contained on the SACD layer for disc 1.
     
  11. therockman

    therockman Senior Member In Memoriam

    I received the The Stealers Wheel SACD and I have to say that this is worse packaging I have ever seen. The disc is all scratched up and the only way to get the disc out of the inner sleeve was to cut the inner sleeve open. I can use a jewel case to house the disc but man is this a terrible way to package an SACD. And the outer cardboard sleeve is so cheap and tight that it just seems like it was a terrible idea from the beginning.

    If Intervention does not improve their packaging I will never buy another disc from them.
     
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  12. c-eling

    c-eling They're made of light,We never would have guessed

    Odd seeing a flip flop compared to lp's (pressing wise) . My Erasure is flawless
    Universal pressed and manufactured these SACD's correct?
    'Special Markets' is the budget line I thought...
     
  13. toilet_doctor

    toilet_doctor "Rockin' chair's got me" Thread Starter

    Location:
    USA
    It's right, but please do not confuse: Ella Fitzgerald Cole Porter Songbook Mini LP(3LP on 1 SACD + 1 Red Book CD) belong to another new label Analog Spark and all info and review is there:

    Analog Spark Hybrid SACDs - New Releases
    Analog Spark Hybrid SACDs - New Releases »

    Review of their Meat Loaf SACD will be posted there too. (I'm waiting for my copy third week already - probably, first print was gone before release date).
     
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  14. Say It Right

    Say It Right Not for the Hearing Impaired

    Location:
    Niagara Falls
    Stand corrected. Looks like my Amazon order went in for the Analog Sparks version. Mea culpa, but it should still sound nice. Was unaware of the competition.

    As for the Meatloaf, going to reserve judgment. Those tunes are too familiar, but maybe it would be good to have this in SACD. Will wait it out.
     
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  15. toilet_doctor

    toilet_doctor "Rockin' chair's got me" Thread Starter

    Location:
    USA
    Agree with you about inner sleeve, but not about outer sleeves:
    Print quality is good and disc in the Japanese fabric inner sleeve (I put) going in and out very easy.
    Very important thing: The cover (done by Stoughton Printing Company) is film laminated for a long life of using - it's not a cheap stuff.
     
    Last edited: Dec 24, 2016
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  16. toilet_doctor

    toilet_doctor "Rockin' chair's got me" Thread Starter

    Location:
    USA
    Because Intervention is first and foremost Vinyl Records company and its founder, Shane Buettner, not sure, whether he will produce SACD at all. (I will explain later more). But for now he doesn't have right supplier of the inner sleeves.
     
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  17. LeeS

    LeeS Music Fan

    Location:
    Atlanta
    I got the Stealer's Wheel SACD from Shane. It sounds very good to my ears. I've listened to many of the LPs and I like them as well. The new Erasure Wonderland is superb. My favorite so far though is Look Sharp by Joe Jackson which gets the bass perfect, far better than the original pressings I have.
     
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  18. That's the $64,000 question. I would love to know that myself.
     
  19. wwright

    wwright Forum Resident

    Location:
    San Francisco, CA.
    As an aside, Joe Jackson's "Big World" would be a great Intervention candidate, SACD or vinyl. Long overdue for a quality reissue.
     
  20. toilet_doctor

    toilet_doctor "Rockin' chair's got me" Thread Starter

    Location:
    USA
    LeeS, please check if are there some surface marks or light scratches on the SACD (under the strait electric light)?
     
  21. Let's see how Intervention/Shane plan to address the issue with the Stealers Wheel scratched disc fiasco before I add anything to a wish list.
     
    Last edited: Dec 25, 2016
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  22. LeeS

    LeeS Music Fan

    Location:
    Atlanta
    Mine is totally clean of scratches.
     
  23. therockman

    therockman Senior Member In Memoriam

    I just received a reply from Shane. Of course he is aware of the problem and Shane blames the packaging, not the manufacturing. Either way, I am not sure yet what Shane plans to do to correct this situation.
     
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  24. KeithH

    KeithH Success With Honor...then and now

    Location:
    Beaver Stadium
    Interesting. I contacted Shane a couple of months ago about scratched Stealers Wheel SACDs, and despite my suspicions, he did not feel at that time that the plastic sleeve was the issue.
     
  25. therockman

    therockman Senior Member In Memoriam

    I guess there has been enough feedback to sway his opinion. He indicated that the next SACD will be housed in a Super Jewel Case.
     
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