System Of A Down – Hypnotize

For what it is, it sounds really good. The over-compression/clipping is prime Rick Rubin doing his bs (like Death Magnetic and Californication). A remix so it sounds less brickwalled would do this album (along with Mezmerize) wonders. A second disc would also let it breathe way better. But if you’re trying to shove nearly 40 minutes of loud music onto one record, it probably isn’t going to sound much better than this.

Incredible Sounding record idk why ppl are hating on it, only had to clean it with antistatic brush before first playthrough

no surface noise except for the beginnings of both sides A & B
no skips or pops

setup
r980t active edifier speakers
audio technica elliptical stylus
fluance rt81 turntable

definitely the best system of a down album next to mezmerize, & their self titled album, would recommend to any fan

Of all the SOAD albums I own this is the best sounding one. My copy is perfect.

Unfortunately, out of all SOAD records I've got in vinyl (minus Steal This Album) it sounds the worst. Mexican pressings of the other albums are much better than this USA one. Its sound is okay, even pretty good but it really has strong sibilance and IGD towards the end, also I felt it too high on treble, like FM Radio EQ, and sounds very, very compressed, never thought vinyl could be so little dynamic. Still, it's the one I paid the less of all, so I think for the money it's fine, but as for sonics, hoping for a better repress.

Unfortunatelly I completely agree with R7GER. The two last songs on every side have not being pressed well, you hear a buzz sound interrupting your pleasure

The entire record sounds *fantastic* for me…. until the very end of “Soldier Side”. Very noticeable and jarring static noise takes over the entire soundscape.

It’s not enough for me to return or replace it - especially since this seems to be common and I’d likely face the same issue with a new copy - but yeah, it’s disappointing. Hopefully they’ll do a new 20th anniversary pressing next year.

Well, last 2 tracks on side A and last track on side B really are disappointing

I got mine from JB hi-fi, it shares the same barcode as this except it's not gold, I've checked another version that looks similar but it has a different number, does anyone know why. I might add another copy to this album just incase.

What does the DVD side mean exactly by "enhanced stereo"?

I have this on a translucent Purple pressing! Don't know why it's listed on here tho?