Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Reincarnated: AUDIOPHILE EDITION (originally posted May 2012)

1.Wash hands, rinse and dry well.
2.Carefully lift flap on back of clear plastic wrapping, being careful not to rip wrapping. It is suggested to do this slowly from the middle.
3.Slide cardboard sleeve out from plastic wrapping.
4.Gently apply pressure or 'pinch' top and bottom corners of cardboard sleeve near opening.
5.As this is done, pull out liner notes and paper sleeve.
6.Read liner notes well. Smell the liner notes smell. Indulge, dig. Be careful not to fold, crease or smudge these liner notes. Handle the edges where possible.
7.Gently pull plastic CD sleeve out from paper sleeve.
8.Slide CD, gold side up out of plastic sleeve.
9.Handle CD by centre hole or edges ONLY.
10.Put CD in SACD compatible player routed through kickass speaker/receiver system that supports ((surround)) sound. Turn volume to twelve.
11.Await eargasm.
12.When the task is complete, stick CD back in plastic sleeve while holding gold side up. Keep open side of plastic sleeve facing in as you place into paper sleeve.
13.Bunch liner notes and paper sleeve together and stick both into carboard sleeve, noting the that paper sleeve's open side should be facing the inside of the cardboard sleeve, much in an analogous fashion to how the plastic sleeve is placed in the paper sleeve.
14.Very meticulously place cardboard sleeve within clear plastic wrapping, avoiding friction with the sticky 'sealing' part of the plastic. Note the open side should NOT (unlike previous patterns) be facing in as this would render cover art backwards. Keep also in mind gold cardboard banner with cool Japanese writing, Mo-Fi (not mofo) logo, and SACD logo should enclose both sides of cardboard sleeve.
15.Store sealed CD in a cool, dry, crushproof place away from dust, bad auras and bad jive. Also keep away from bad music, unless you want it to look better with the stark contrast.
16. Repeat this all (steps 1 through 15) should you feel another need to listen..


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