don't you want the warm mud tones to come through on playback tho
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Thursday, 17 January 2019 18:06 (five years ago) link
I’ve been buying & selling enough LPs that I think I could use one. I’ve been looking at a VPI 16.5 and a Music Hall wSc3
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 17 January 2019 18:06 (five years ago) link
the real question is whether it can clean the mud off the mp3 download code card, right
― mh, Thursday, 17 January 2019 18:07 (five years ago) link
i'm a big SpinClean convert, p sure i've raved about it on this or some other thread. mud removal is excellent, sometimes doesn't end up changing much, sometimes it's the sonic equivalent of windexing a window that's been accumulating dirt for ten years. but fwiw it's not a machine, just a well-designed plastic bathtub. you do all the spinning with your hands.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 17 January 2019 18:11 (five years ago) link
I am told wood glue can clean even the filthiest record
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gyvipBs6Vs
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 17 January 2019 18:23 (five years ago) link
I bought a junker deck for the express purpose of trying this but I have yet to actually do it.
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 17 January 2019 18:26 (five years ago) link
WHOA. I wonder what the removed gluesheet would sound like if you played it.
― mick signals, Thursday, 17 January 2019 18:32 (five years ago) link
seem to recall that there are some pretty scary stories re the glue method out there.its definitely for the more adventurous record collector.
― mark e, Thursday, 17 January 2019 18:35 (five years ago) link
maybe get an anti-static gun too
― brimstead, Thursday, 17 January 2019 19:05 (five years ago) link
I've heard people irl that have done it w/success
I mean...I'd try it on a dollar bin record first
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 17 January 2019 19:18 (five years ago) link
I just used Record Revirginiser for the first time (specially formulated wood glue type product) and it has made a crackly old copy of Avalon sound pretty incredible
― umsworth (emsworth), Thursday, 17 January 2019 20:19 (five years ago) link
Mr. Dumble, a man, a human in fleshBut not by lawI feed you dignity to stand with prideRealize that all in all you stand tallGo ahead, Mr. DumbleMr. Dumble, yeahLord, Mr. Dumble
― why date Ryan Adams in the first place? (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 18 January 2019 00:54 (five years ago) link
I tried the glue thing, and the hardest part was removing the glue from the outer edge of the record - you have to make sure it's as thick there as on the grooves.
Haven't tried this, but it seems easier, ultimately
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_jrJZuf5oA
― eva logorrhea (bendy), Friday, 18 January 2019 13:12 (five years ago) link
I kind of want to make a video like that with a very subtle intro that ends with me blasting the heck out of some records with a pressure washer at a car wash
― mh, Friday, 18 January 2019 15:17 (five years ago) link
i've had the guy at my local record store clean records with his VPI machine, i wish i had one of those
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 18 January 2019 15:32 (five years ago) link
I just took the plunge and ordered one.
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 18 January 2019 15:48 (five years ago) link
Matthew McConaughey lives more casually than I had imagined
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Friday, 18 January 2019 21:41 (five years ago) link
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Friday, January 18, 2019 9:48 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
awesome !!
enjoy all your new dirty-vinyl-toting friends :)
― budo jeru, Friday, 18 January 2019 23:34 (five years ago) link
in all seriousness, a friend of mine has one of these. given the size of his collection and the amount of records he sells online, it was a solid investment and it’s been running nice n smooth for years.
― budo jeru, Saturday, 19 January 2019 01:25 (five years ago) link
well I just bought a bunch of dirty country LPs from an estate sale so this time next week I'll be able to give a report.
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 19 January 2019 02:56 (five years ago) link
David Allan Coe?
― mick signals, Saturday, 19 January 2019 03:55 (five years ago) link
haha close enough
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 19 January 2019 04:03 (five years ago) link
the voice of satan
― Bênoit Balls (stevie), Sunday, 20 January 2019 18:59 (five years ago) link
horse ghosts. with just an abominable soundstage.
― maffew12, Sunday, 20 January 2019 20:31 (five years ago) link
I don't want to bump one of the real vinyl threads but as a self-soothing enterprise for not getting a job I bought some hifi shit and a turntable, which all works fine, but then I bought one (1) record which I evidently immediately warped before even opening it by inadvertently resting it next to a heater vent on the bus ride home. It seems to play mostly fine but I'm mildly bummed out that I've now learned that you have to be careful not to let your records get wibbly on the bus.
Anyway can I damage my turntable by playing a wibbly record on it?
― moose; squirrel (silby), Friday, 8 March 2019 18:10 (five years ago) link
It might have been warped already...QC at pressing plants these days is real hit & miss.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 8 March 2019 18:22 (five years ago) link
I think you can press it between a couple of big books and leave it in a warm place and it will de-warp, to some extent. I don't think playing a warped record can hurt your turntable at all.
― DJI, Friday, 8 March 2019 18:44 (five years ago) link
thank u
― moose; squirrel (silby), Friday, 8 March 2019 19:07 (five years ago) link
yeah I leave 'em between two big art books on my balcony during the summer, does the trick for mildly warped LPs... of course it gets up to like 100 here. the oven is also an option but riskier... too hot and it ruins them pretty fast.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 8 March 2019 19:17 (five years ago) link
wikihow suggested the oven option and I was all o_O
I will try not to worry about it too hard and enjoy my new audiophile phase
anyone got any hot tips on an unguent to rub onto my speaker cables
― moose; squirrel (silby), Friday, 8 March 2019 19:23 (five years ago) link
you COULD pay top dollar for cable treatment if you hate having money! OR you could simply whip up a batch yourself using equal parts thermally stable machine oil (i prefer LSA's [Lubricant Specialists Australia] Heat Transfer Oil 32, which to my ears produces a more musical flow with near zero thermal cracking) and tea tree oil. if you can't stand the smell of tea tree, or if you are allergic, try neem or even lavender.
― andrew m., Friday, 8 March 2019 19:38 (five years ago) link
You should be putting it on your ears, not the cable itself, otherwise you risk voiding the warranty
― pippin drives a lambo through the gates of isengard (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 8 March 2019 19:42 (five years ago) link
Sounds like a harrowing bus ride!
― maffew12, Friday, 8 March 2019 19:44 (five years ago) link
It was a 10 minute bus trip at most and I’m not convinced that exposing my record in the sleeve in a paper bag to the heat vent is the cause of this but it seems possible
― moose; squirrel (silby), Friday, 8 March 2019 19:48 (five years ago) link
oh the entire HiFi was a separate trip?my phone keyboard knows to write HiFi like this.. damn, fancy
― maffew12, Friday, 8 March 2019 19:49 (five years ago) link
No that came via fedex lol
― moose; squirrel (silby), Friday, 8 March 2019 20:03 (five years ago) link
I mean couriered from the B&H warehouse by white-gloved eunuchs
― moose; squirrel (silby), Friday, 8 March 2019 20:04 (five years ago) link
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, March 8, 2019 12:22 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I suspect this is it not something you did
A record clamp might help....
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 8 March 2019 21:08 (five years ago) link
I'll probably try the book thing. I'm not gonna start buying tweaks in my first week of being a hifi owner
― moose; squirrel (silby), Friday, 8 March 2019 21:15 (five years ago) link
Welcome to audiophilia, and just so you know, it's pronounced "hiffy". It's shocking how many HiFi enthusiasts get that wrong.
― pippin drives a lambo through the gates of isengard (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 8 March 2019 21:24 (five years ago) link
Covhiffy
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 8 March 2019 23:17 (five years ago) link
one great part about a turntable is you can adjust the tracking force, antiskate, etc. and convince yourself that it sounds much better afterward
― say it with sausages (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 8 March 2019 23:24 (five years ago) link
hiffy? isn't that the stuff that ruined DJ Shadow?
― maffew12, Saturday, 9 March 2019 00:36 (five years ago) link
It's like bitcoin mining, except for those who want to signal the rarefied nature of their music taste.https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2019/05/13/1557720021000/High-resolution-music-is-a-solution-looking-for-a-problem/
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― campreverb, Sunday, 19 May 2019 15:41 (four years ago) link
can somebody please explain to me what a "blake sleeve" is ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCOD_37DA44
― budo jeru, Saturday, 6 July 2019 05:46 (four years ago) link
Looks like Blake Sleeves are what I was taught were called "J-Bags," the adhesive-flap mylar sleeves where I assumed the "J" was for "Japanese," but might not be. Anyway, if they're the same, they are indeed what the paranoids use.
^ this sounds right to me but i'm curious if anybody has any other info
― budo jeru, Saturday, 6 July 2019 05:49 (four years ago) link
i'm not paranoid
I worked in a record store for nine years, ordered every different kinda inner and outer sleeve including "Japanese rice paper inners," and have never once heard this term or seen it in a catalog. If someone said it to me I would think they meant "blank sleeve" like an all white jacket.
― With an Extreme Burning (aka The Tormentor) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 6 July 2019 08:52 (four years ago) link
a little creative googling got me here: https://www.clearbags.com/12-3-4-x-12-3-4-flap-crystal-clear-album-sleeve-protective-closure-100-pieces-blpd2.htmlI fully expected to find nothing, since audiophiles are probably coming up with their own names for common household objects
― mh, Saturday, 6 July 2019 14:33 (four years ago) link
The explanation is right in that video, no? A record collector by the name of Blake is unhappy with the oversized, cloudy plastic record sleeves you often find; has clearbags.com do a run of crystal clear, snug-fitting sleeves; the sleeves prove popular and clearbags.com decides to add them to their product line, referring to them as Blake sleeves in reference to the man who ordered the initial run. Per the video the product line has now been expanded to include sleeves with and without flaps and sized to accommodate single LPs, doubles, and 7 inches.
I can see the appeal actually. I have a lot of those loose-fitting cloudy sleeves and they're kind of annoying. I have a few sleeves that are pretty similar to what's being described here (most of my Sisters of Mercy 12"s came in them IIRC) but they all have adhesive flaps which I could do without. If I was worried about preserving my jackets I'd probably want them in in a flapless Blake.
― early rejecter, Saturday, 6 July 2019 15:48 (four years ago) link