I first tried MDMA in Australia in 2005. I think every five ten to ten years, a new wave of high quality pills start flooding the market before quality starts dropping again. I'm not sure if I caught the second or third wave but there were certainly some very high quality pills doing the rounds then. Some time around the beginning of 2006, I was lucky enough to get one vintage batch of white Mitsubishis which blew my fucking mind. I remember seeing the test results for them and I can't remember the exact ratio, but it was something like 80mg MDMA, 20mg MDA, 20mg MDEA in each pill.
They were hard pressed, slow burners and I ended up having two by the time they started kicking in. The first rush was fucking orgasmic; a warming surge of relaxation through the body. A nicer feel than any opium or ice I've ever smoked. A few hours in and it was a typical chemical love story. By the end of the night, my eyes were darting from side to side at twice the speed of light. I tried to ride my bike to the servo but I just couldn't do it lol. One of those electric nights that I'll never forget.
I can understand why people are saying that modern MDMA is nothing like the 'ecstasy' of their day, but I definitely don't think that there's anything wrong with MDMA now. I'd say that MDEA, MDA and MDMA blends that people were more likely to get in the 90s probably plays a role in people's expectations though. I had the pleasure of obtaining MDEA (which seems to have completely disappeared off the face of the earth in recent time) as a pure compound around 2009 - just before the piperazines started flooding the market, and it was pretty magical stuff. More relaxed, I found it longer lasting, or maybe it just didn't have such an acute peak as MDMA, either way, it had me laughing my ass off all night and I didn't seem to get the hangover from that, which I did with MDMA and MDA.
A lot of people seem to want to see real MDA back on the market, but if I ever had the chance to grab MDEA again, I would. In a heartbeat.
Fuck, sorry for the rambling - it's Saturday evening here and I'm slightly mangled lol.
Enjoy!