(Progressive Rock)[LP] [24/96] Kansas - Leftoverture - 1976, FLAC (tracks+.cue)

01. Carry On Wayward Son
02. The Wall
03. What's On My Mind
04. Miracles Out Of Nowhere
05. Opus Insert
06. Questions Of My Childhood
07. Cheyenne Anthem
08. Magnum Opus

Kansas – Leftoverture {Original US Pressing} | 96kHz & 44.1kHz Final Master Vinyl Rip

Posted by pbthal @ March 3rd, 2012

Kansas – Leftoverture
Vinyl rip in 24-bit/96kHz & 16-bit/44.1kHz | FLAC | Artwork
FP + RS + FF

Vinyl Ripping Process/Equipment
Vinyl Cleaning Process
•3 Liter Ultrasonic Cleaner (Tap water with Sporicidin) on custom rotating assembly at 1 RPM for one hour
•Vacuum off with Nitty Gritty
•AIVS Premium Record Cleaner Formula No. 15 applied with Mofi Brush while rotating on VPI 16.5
•McCulloch MC-1275 Heavy-Duty Steam Cleaner applied with Mofi Brush while rotating on VPI 16.5
•Vacuum off with VPI 16.5
•L’Art du Son Record Cleaning Fluid applied with VPI Bristle brush
•Vacuum off with VPI 16.5
•Whole Foods Deionized Water applied with Mofi Brush (Separate from AIVS Mofi Brush)
•Vacuum off with VPI 16.5
•Flip record and repeat
•Place record on Plate Demgnetizer

Turntable Equipment Profile
•VPI Scoutmaster with inverted bearing and 300 RPM motor
•VPI Center Record Weight
•VPI Periphery Ring Clam
•Gingko Cloud 11 Vibration Control Platform
•VPI Synchronous Drive System turntable motor speed controller and line isolator
•Trans-Fi Audio Terminator T3Pro tangential tracking air bearing tonearm
•Zyx Airy 3X-SB cartridge

Phono Stage Profile
•Musical Surroundings Phonomena Phono Preamplifier
•Musical Surroundings Battery Power Supply

Analog/Digital Convertion
•RME ADI-2 => ADAT => E-MU 1212M
•Adobe Audition 3.01 running on Windows XP in a Shuttle PC form factor

Post Processing Of Audio

•Run thru ClickRepair(if necessary) at level 7 with
•Pitch Protection | off
•Reverse | on
•Simple
•Resample to 96khz in Izotope Rx2 using the default preset
•Manually listen to album in Adobe Audition cleaning any clicks/anomalies
•Flac with Xrecode II for hi-rez files
•Flac with Trader’s Little Helper for redbook files

What is this Final Master stuff?
After years of trying to improve both my ripping/cleaning process and upgrading my equipment to a level I feel comfortable sticking with I am proud to present these final versions of the best sources I can find.So I am happy to say that more than likely this is the last mother fucking copy you are ever going to need…or your money back

From The Badger’s Den (The Badger works for tips and tips alone, if you like what you hear please click the donate button below)

Best mastering I have heard of this title