Arctic Monkeys – Suck It And See

Very poor mastering on this pressing. Muddied and distorted sound on many of the songs

This album has been close to me for a very long time and it wasn't until I bought and listened to the vinyl that I realized how poorly this album is mastered. The hissing and distortion everytime Alex would sing an "s" sound or a cymbal crashed peirced my ears.

After hearing this I went back to my CD copy and alas, the sibilance I heard in the vinyl was staring at me. Same issue with my ed WAV copy.

I have to swallow this fact and try to enjoy the music. Maybe Suck it and See was meant for the 96kbps mp3 format where it becomes obscured in low resolution.

This is hands down one of the worst records I have heard. Sold it the day I bought it. Not because it was warped, noisy or anything with QC.

The mastering is HORRIBLE. Distorted vocals and uber compressed tracks. Sounds like pirated mp3 audio files. The streaming version is much superior.

This albums means a lot to me but I collect vinyl for the listening experience. My listening experience was horrible.

My setup is a mid tier turntable with Nagaoka MP-110 cartridge.

This is hands down one of the worst records I have heard. Sold it the day I bought it. Not because it was warped, noisy or anything with QC.

The mastering is HORRIBLE. Distorted vocals and uber compressed tracks. Sounds like pirated mp3 audio files. The streaming version is much superior.

This albums means a lot to me but I collect vinyl for the listening experience. My listening experience was horrible.

My setup is a mid tier turntable with Nagaoka MP-110 cartridge.

I don’t know if this is my copy. My runouts are WIGLP258 RJ Sterling which seems to be a European etching. However, the jacket has the DNO300 Made in the U.S.A on the back. The address is also “20 Jay Street #626 Brooklyn NY 11201”. I had a made in Canada sticker on the back shrink wrap. The hype sticker says “comes with mp3 details enclosed”. Since this copy features the same back cover with the proper U.S. barcode scan but doesn’t specify the runouts, I assume it’s this repress. In any case, my copy sounds really good. Really good mastering. Quiet and no pops or clicks. Great listening experience. Would recommend this pressing.

Turntable: Studio-Standard Fisher
Cartridge: Audio-Technica VM95C
Amp/Receiver: Harman/Kardon hk495i
Speakers: Tannoy C8 10-125watts

The first pressing has Domino’s old 55 Washington Street address on the back, the later pressing has their new 20 Jay Street address. Make sure to check this with the seller before buying, I bet you that 95% of all these brand new sealed copies for sale are the reissue.

Great album, vinyl sounds perfect. Highly recommend this version! meow

Very hollow pressing, pretty noisey and muddy. Packaging is nice.

Mastered by Sterling sound but it’s not the biggest sound they made. Wax is good, some tracks are very bright and dynamic and some are very compressed and sharp s in Alex voice.

Mine sounds nice and punchy. Just quite crackly between songs even after a clean. Anyone else have this issue?