The Official QQ Sales, Vouchers, Coupons and Discount Codes Megathread

[privateuniverse]

Rush Signals box down to $107 at Amazon.

 

[artwwweb]

XTC Big Express currently £15.35 at Amazon UK

 

[rasalas]

The 2-CD and Blu-ray set of Steve Hackett's Genesis Live Revisited: Seconds Out & More is $14.70 at Amazon US. https://a.co/d/2d9s5gi

 

[ubertrout]

Not sure if this is the right place, but there's been some nice sales of used datacenter hard drives on eBay lately via reputable suppliers backed by a warranty. I just got two 12 TB drives for $80 apiece: https://www.ebay.com/itm/156046813385

The reason for two is that with data you don't want to lose it's best to run them in RAID 1 - so each disk mirrors the other and if one dies and you have to use the warranty you just pop it out of your NAS and put in the replacement - no downtime, no loss. At least that's the idea.

 

[mandrix]

Not sure if this is the right place, but there's been some nice sales of used datacenter hard drives on eBay lately via reputable suppliers backed by a warranty. I just got two 12 TB drives for $80 apiece: https://www.ebay.com/itm/156046813385

The reason for two is that with data you don't want to lose it's best to run them in RAID 1 - so each disk mirrors the other and if one dies and you have to use the warranty you just pop it out of your NAS and put in the replacement - no downtime, no loss. At least that's the idea.

I've been buying a few of the MDD rebranded 18TB and one 16TB HDD's. So far they have all turned out to be Seagate Exos drives. 5 year warranty, allegedly.
I also noticed on Newegg, Amazon and Ebay listings for "refurbished" drives. I'd be careful about expectations on that as I consider it misleading. None of these entities are doing more than wiping drives and possibly checking for bad blocks as only in a clean room situation could the drives be e.g. rebuilt, even if that were economically feasible.

 

[ubertrout]

I've been buying a few of the MDD rebranded 18TB and one 16TB HDD's. So far they have all turned out to be Seagate Exos drives. 5 year warranty, allegedly.
I also noticed on Newegg, Amazon and Ebay listings for "refurbished" drives. I'd be careful about expectations on that as I consider it misleading. None of these entities are doing more than wiping drives and possibly checking for bad blocks as only in a clean room situation could the drives be e.g. rebuilt, even if that were economically feasible.

Fair I guess. As you said, it's not economically feasible and I went in understanding they basically run a software check and wipe SMART, and I'm going in understanding that.

 

[humprof]

Fair I guess. As you said, it's not economically feasible and I went in understanding they basically run a software check and wipe SMART, and I'm going in understanding that.

Yeah, for 80 bucks I could risk that the reseller is nowhere to be found in 5 years. My only other concern: do "enterprise" drives spin down after a certain time the way consumer drives do, or are they "always-on"?

 

[ubertrout]

Yeah, for 80 bucks I could risk that the reseller is nowhere to be found in 5 years. My only other concern: do "enterprise" drives spin down after a certain time the way consumer drives do, or are they "always-on"?

I think these are faster and down spin down as much, but I could be wrong.

 

[mandrix]

Yeah, for 80 bucks I could risk that the reseller is nowhere to be found in 5 years. My only other concern: do "enterprise" drives spin down after a certain time the way consumer drives do, or are they "always-on"?

Well enterprise drives are made for continuous use, but no reason I know of they could not be set to stop spinning. Interestingly I had this same conversation recently with a friend. He was concerned the drives in his NAS were not spinning down, or going "idle". But at least in Windows you should be able to set it in power options.

 

[mandrix]

I also notice some of the "NAS" rebranded drives I bought are actually Enterprise drives. Small distinction but may matter to some.

 

[DuncanS]

I've WD Red Pro HDDs in my Synology NAS boxes. So far all the Red Pro HDDs have lasted for over 5 years - I did have a 'standard' Red HDD start to fail with bad sectors just when it was over a year old

 

[Dynamic Editor]

Tea for the Tillerman Super Deluxe by Cat Stevens is currently £35.89 on Amazon UK (no surround sound mix). It includes 5 CDs, a blu ray, and a vinyl record!

 

[4-earredwonder]

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[Imbobman]

Tea for the Tillerman Super Deluxe by Cat Stevens is currently £35.89 on Amazon UK (no surround sound mix). It includes 5 CDs, a blu ray, and a vinyl record!

Great price for all that's there but w/o a surround sound mix it's a NO.
Just wondering, are there any surround sound mixes of anything from Cat Stevens out there?

 

[4-earredwonder]

Great price for all that's there but w/o a surround sound mix it's a NO.
Just wondering, are there any surround sound mixes of anything from Cat Stevens out there?

There are 6 Cat Stevens albums which were remixed for surround and some I understand are just double stereo

CAT STEVENS -
Buddha & the Chocolate Box. A&M QU-53623 (SQ), 8Q-53623 (Q8)
Catch a Bull at Four. A&M 8Q-54365 (Q8)
Foreigner. A&M QU-54391 (SQ), 8Q-54391 (Q8)
Greatest Hits. A&M QU-54519 (CD4), 8Q-54519 (Q8)
Tea for the Tillerman. A&M 8Q-54280 (Q8)
Teaser & the Firecat. A&M QU-54313 (Q8)

 

[Marplot]

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well pooh, I just dropped $200 at import on Monday. Oh well, only $6 would have been saved since the rest were preorder.

 

[Marplot]

The Band Cahoots 50th Anniversary
Amazon US
$37.50
https://www.amazon.com/The-Band-Cahoots-Blu-ray/dp/B09JWP9Y9Y

The Band celebrates the 50th Anniversary of their fourth studio album Cahoots with an all-new remix and remaster by Bob Clearmountain. The Super Deluxe Box includes the new stereo mix, bonus tracks and a previously unreleased bootleg concert at Olympia Theatre, Paris 1971, on 2 CDs. Also included, is a surround-sound Blu-ray, a 180g half-speed master LP, a 7" single, booklet, all-new liner notes and collectable lithographs.

 

[Marplot]

The Band Stage Fright 50th Anniversary
Amazon US
$54.79
https://www.amazon.com/Stage-Fright-Anniversary-Blu-ray-Single/dp/B08LN5KPYB

In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Stage Fright, the Super Deluxe features 2CD’s, Blu-ray, 180G LP, and 7”. The set includes a new stereo and surround mix of the original album by Bob Clearmountain & remastered by Bob Ludwig, 3 classic photo lithographs, 9 previously unreleased bonus tracks including alternate mixes and demos, the complete Live At The Royal Albert Hall, June ‘71 concert, a book with rare photos and notes, and a 7” reproduction of “Time To Kill” B/W “The Shape I’m In”.

 

[omnipotent1]

Frank Zappas Overnite Sensation 50th Bluray box down to 61 euros(free shipping)
here in Germany.
https://imusic.de/music/0602455648563/frank-zappa-2023-over-nite-sensation-cd-blu-ray

 

[omnipotent1]

Camel Air Born box set down to 147 euros(free shipping) at Grooves here in Germany

https://www.grooves.land/camel-air-...3-1984-ltd-dlx-decca-cd-pZZa1-2101006434.html