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  1. Thanks for all your responses. Stupid I forgot that CDs go from inside to out. The CDs play fine in my CD player too, so I guess I'll have to reinstall EAC to do a proper rip of these >80min CDs. Yes I saw links in the email, but it would've been more work as it was one download per track! Also in my (quite possibly outdated) experience (not with DAT records I should say) the tagging isn't all too good on digital downloads. It's also a good way to check if your physical copy is bit-perfect, although not in this case apparently!
  2. Does anyone else have discs 2 and 3 that have slight 'blistering' near the centre of each disc? They also had unrecoverable errors when ripping in foobar straight out of the plastic.
  3. I'd be very interested to hear what you consider an example of an exceptional hybrid downtempo/progressive/goa album!
  4. My thoughts exactly. She may be 21st century cyberpunk, but she ain't 90s goa...
  5. Thanks for the tip, I'll just pop back and pick up a few! ;-) If you could sort out a remaster/repress that would be fantastic!!! Any chance?
  6. There's always the vinyl if you don't like the digital sound, see http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?release_id=226290&ev=rb Or do those constitute 'crazy prices'?! Declaration of financial interest: I'm one of the vinyl sellers.
  7. Hi everyone, Just to warn you all that this discogs seller is the bad seller G.I. Swint, formerly using the discogs istvan account. See the istvan thread for all the negative experiences people have had. Be warned!
  8. Just to warn you all: the Dutchman G.I. Swint is now selling on discogs under the name of MinimalElektro. He also changed his bank account, but luckily not his real name, otherwise I almost would have mistakenly ordered from him again.
  9. phusg

    Goa Cds

    Well DJ Zen/Gabriel kept my money so I had to keep the over-graded CDs. Never doing business with him again thats for sure.
  10. Sounds good, would love to hear MFG! Are there tickets left and what's the location?
  11. phusg

    Goa Cds

    Well there is a lot of strange hacking and wot not going on at the moment, but not in this case, I can still see the images. Try the direct links: http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac325/phusg/gabriel002.jpg http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac325/phusg/gabriel001.jpg http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac325/phusg/gabriel011.jpg
  12. phusg

    Goa Cds

    Can you see them now? It's the first time I've used photobucket.com, but everything seems to be ok.
  13. phusg

    Goa Cds

    Please bear in mind that I am not a professional photographer and that CDs especially are very hard to photograph. Even so, the tab indents and warping to the Goa Trax and the damage to the Party Outlaw CD should have been spotted with even a casual inspection. First up the supposedly "Near Mint" Goa Trax that I paid 100 euros for: Then the "Very Good Plus" Party Outlaw CD, which has 2 major pieces of information missing, easy to spot even on this poor quality photo:
  14. phusg

    Goa Cds

    Thanks for the information, I was starting to suspect the same myself. I have been trying to exlude this point all along and focus on the overgrading on the sleeves. But just like a politician Gabriel will always ignore any direct questions and just say what he wants to say to protect his reputation and the money he's taken from me. Where's your answer to my question Gabriel? Paypal's protection has turned out to be woefully inadequate, now I've actually had to use it:
  15. phusg

    Goa Cds

    I meant this question:
  16. phusg

    Goa Cds

    Yet another half-truth. You certainly did tell me this. I also told you that was fine as long as they were packaged properly. You said of course. I would have thought someone who releases CD's using environmentally-friendly FSC wood for the packaging would appreciate someone reducing the weight of a package being sent by airmail. Instead you choose to publicaly make them out for being cheap?! Did you even read my question at the end of my previous post?
  17. phusg

    Goa Cds

    I have no idea what you are insinuating here. Speaking too much? I don't even know the guy. Maybe I should get in touch with this Jeredelic as it sounds to me like you sold me the CD you bought off him. Again you show an enormous capacity for not listening/reading properly. For the last time: the CD looks visually pretty much near mint, so this would be totally pointless! How very mature of you to not accept the slightest responsibility and reply to my facts with public insults. One question if you understand gradings so well: in general, not thinking about this particular case, do you consider it ok to grade a CD as Near Mint that has slight tab indents to the front cover and slight warping to the rear?
  18. phusg

    Goa Cds

    The big deal is that the CD has uncorrectable errors. Before I said CRC errors which may have confused the issue as these can be corrected. The CD has uncorrectable errors meaning there is musical information missing. If there is muscial information missing then there is always a theoretical possibility of an audible difference. I say theoretical because audibility is of course very subjective and dependent on the playback equipment used and the state of the subject that does the listening. I agree with this completely and have said so before. Personally if I was selling a CD for more than 100 euros I would EAC check it, but I don't expect everyone to do this. BUT, if the CD turns out to have uncorrectable errors on it then I think a full refund should be forthcoming without all the hassle I'm having to go through. Well no, but that's because of the dependency on your CD player. I.e. if your CD player has a fault even a faultless CD will not play back perfectly. Passing a proper EAC secure mode check is a 100% guarantee that it will play in all flawlessly operating CD players. Thank you for your support.
  19. phusg

    Goa Cds

    As eudaimonia points out, there is no reason whatsoever that CDs and inserts cannot be sent safely without the jewel cases. I have done many deals like this without problems. It's just a question of proper packaging. As I have also pointed out many times, this was also not a problem in this case. The CDs were reasonably packaged and did not get damaged in transit. Why do you believe Gabriel over me? In rare cases posting in jewel cases can actually cause tab indent damage or scratches to the CD if the holding tabs break.
  20. phusg

    Goa Cds

    Sure, just depends how tolerant your CD player is to missing information. I haven't actually tried and consider this besides the point when paying north of 100 euros for a Near Mint CD. Let's leave the condition of the CD to one side. Apart from that the Front and Back insert weren't in Near Mint condition, as they were advertised. The packaging/postage has nothing to do with this, even though that is all Gabriel goes on about. Front inserts don't magically get tab indents when posted without a jewel case! Rear inserts don't magically get warped whilst the rest of the inserts in the package stay flat.
  21. phusg

    Goa Cds

    Pete van der Spoel here, aka phusg@discogs. Just to make it clear that I am not and have no allegiance to eiko / bwhale / Neil / DRWeevil. A couple of facts that other potential buyers may find interesting: I recently bought a 'Near Mint' Goa Trax CD from Gabriel aka DJ Zen. I asked for the cheapest registered shipping and he promised to All well and good. Upon receiving the CDs I noticed that the Goa Trax rear insert had slight water/damp damage warping and that the front insert had slight tab indents. I then ran the CD itself through EAC and found major CRC errors at the start of track 1. To be fair this was not visible to the naked eye. The Party Outlaw CD he sent had two suspicious areas full of CRC errors, which were clearly visible to the naked eye. This he had sold to me as VG+. Anyway, these things can happen, I admit I don't always run every CD I sell through EAC (unless it looks suspect) and to err is of course human. So I offered Gabriel 3 options: From here on in it unfortunately all got very messy. The first reaction I got from Gabriel was that he had been hacked and we needed to continue communications via e-mail. I then received a discogs message from user Admin that Gabriel was suspected of dealing in bootlegs/counterfeits. As Gabriel was no longer responding to my e-mails (he later claimed that he had sent two, but these didn't even make it to my spam box) I saw no alternative but to open a paypal dispute on him. Unfortunately Gabriel never choose one of the 3 reasonable options I proposed. The best he offered was an almost full refund for Goa Trax if I sent it back to him. As I never received his address I haven't been able to do so. I'm also very doubtful about what will happen if I do send it back, as he has repeatedly stated that when he sent them they were absolutely Near mint and so the damage must have occurred in transit. He has also questioned whether I am honest and suspects I will send back another non Near Mint copy of Goa Trax he thinks I already had! All in all a load of hassle which could have been avoided had Gabriel properly graded his items or at least offered a reasonable returns service. Whatever he may have done for the scene, a good seller he is not.
  22. Can you post where the vinyls would need to be shipped from and what condition they are in? Thanks.
  23. What's your location? Shipping vinyl can be expensive ;-) See my for sale list here: http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?seller=ph...mp;format=Vinyl
  24. Is this item still available? Here's my for sale list if you prefer a trade: http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?seller=phusg
  25. I don't recommend anyone do any business with istvan (over-grader and bad customer service), see http://www.psynews.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=54374 for the full story.
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