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Re: Electric 'Playbutton'
Posted: Sat 13 Jul 2013, 11:10 am
by BugBoy
miserabalism wrote:My Playbutton has arrived too, along with the postcards (not signed). They come in a fantastic envelope, covered with the Electric graphic.
CD and vinyl have arrived too. Lush packaging. I'm surprised to see that the vinyl comes with a download code! That's a first for a PSB album?
Will have to wait til Monday to get my playbutton, vinyl & Axis 12" since it's all delivered to my work address. Luckily for me though I found a copy of the CD in Soho yesterday and have listened to nothing else since, it's a magnificent album!
Re: Electric 'Playbutton'
Posted: Sat 13 Jul 2013, 12:38 pm
by Barn
why are the files only encoded at 160kbps ?
it's not as if it costs them more to encode at a higher bitrate, why not wav or flac ffs
i just played a track and it sounds like they recorded it in a snake pit, there is so much hiss
Absolutely shocking for a commercial release
Re: Electric 'Playbutton'
Posted: Sat 13 Jul 2013, 12:40 pm
by West End Boy
Barn wrote:why are the files only encoded at 160kbps ?
it's not as if it costs them more to encode at a higher bitrate, why not wav or flac ffs
i just played a track and it sounds like they recorded it in a snake pit, there is so much hiss
Absolutely shocking for a commercial release
I was wondering what the bitrate would be, I sort of expected the songs to be 256 kbps - just like the iTunes version. But 160 kbps is shockingly low, pretty outrageous if you ask me...
Re: Electric 'Playbutton'
Posted: Sat 13 Jul 2013, 12:41 pm
by davidlilja
Barn wrote:why are the files only encoded at 160kbps ?
Maybe the "player" isn't good enuff to handle higher but I'm pretty sure it does. And the size i 2gb right? Not lack of space either.
Re: Electric 'Playbutton'
Posted: Sat 13 Jul 2013, 12:44 pm
by Mr Love
miserabalism wrote:My Playbutton has arrived too, along with the postcards (not signed). They come in a fantastic envelope, covered with the Electric graphic.
Images please!
£14 for 160kbps MP3 sounds outrageous though, but how did you find out about the bitrate? According to
http://playbutton.com/products/diy they hold either 128MB or 2GB, the ones you create yourself that is - my 320kbps rip only uses 119MB so the highest possible quality should actually fit...
Re: Electric 'Playbutton'
Posted: Sat 13 Jul 2013, 12:45 pm
by goughsjd
Just won a signed postcard with my playbutton ! Woohooo happy days
Re: Electric 'Playbutton'
Posted: Sat 13 Jul 2013, 12:49 pm
by wieske
Thanks for the picture!!
Can you please post a picture of the playbutton itself as well
Are earphones included?
Re: Electric 'Playbutton'
Posted: Sat 13 Jul 2013, 12:53 pm
by goughsjd
No headphones just a charger! Pretty good little collectors item though !
Re: Electric 'Playbutton'
Posted: Sat 13 Jul 2013, 12:57 pm
by Mr Love
You've just got to love that cute little box! So it comes in 3 parts? Looks like it's got a barcode sticker just like the CD and LP, even though it would seem a bit unnecessary in this case. I guess the back's got the tracklist - what about catalogue# and credits?
Re: Electric 'Playbutton'
Posted: Sat 13 Jul 2013, 12:57 pm
by wieske
THANKS!
Very much appreciated goughsjd
Re: Electric 'Playbutton'
Posted: Sat 13 Jul 2013, 12:59 pm
by goughsjd
No worries ! Yeh there is a sticker on the side of the box but doesn't really get in the way
Re: Electric 'Playbutton'
Posted: Sat 13 Jul 2013, 1:01 pm
by Barn
Mr Love wrote:miserabalism wrote:My Playbutton has arrived too, along with the postcards (not signed). They come in a fantastic envelope, covered with the Electric graphic.
Images please!
£14 for 160kbps MP3 sounds outrageous though, but how did you find out about the bitrate? According to
http://playbutton.com/products/diy they hold either 128MB or 2GB, the ones you create yourself that is - my 320kbps rip only uses 119MB so the highest possible quality should actually fit...
playbutton.JPG
Re: Electric 'Playbutton'
Posted: Sat 13 Jul 2013, 1:05 pm
by tottenhammattspurs
Got mine, along with a signed postcard set.
It's quite "cheap" looking though isn't it?
Re: Electric 'Playbutton'
Posted: Sat 13 Jul 2013, 1:09 pm
by Drem
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sign) No booklet, then
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Re: Electric 'Playbutton'
Posted: Sat 13 Jul 2013, 1:12 pm
by territorygal