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Talkbass Vinyl Club

Warpeg

Warpeg

Jun 20, 2005
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This is something I've been thinking of starting for awhile. For all I know, this club already exists here. If it doesn't, then here's the place for us to discuss all things vinyl:
  • NRDs (New Record Days)
  • Equipment discussions
  • Cleaning and misc. care of records and equipment
  • The artists, songs, and albums that make these black spinning things so great!
I'm not assigning numbers; everyone is invited!
 
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Don't know about the Revolver boxed set, but the remixed standalone album sounds great.

Got the first of Steely Dan's remasters, Can't Buy A Thrill. I'm certain it was mastered from analog tape because you can hear tape print-through pre-echo at the beginning of some songs. That would be easy to remove digitally. The album sounds great and it's a near-perfect pressing in terms of ticks & pops, but my copy has "dish warp".
 
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I have a U-Turn belt drive, walnut plinth, Ort blue. I learned from their awesome customer service that if the belt gets loose from swapping between 33 and 45 you can leave it in the freezer overnight and it will contract. Amazed. It works.

I've been thinking of wasting some money on a tube preamp. But not sure it's worth anything more than looking cool. Anyone know?
I wire from my current phono preamp to a pair of Sonos 5 speakers so no external amp. Plus the speakers are easy for streaming.
 
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Killing Floor said:
I have a U-Turn belt drive, walnut plinth, Ort blue. I learned from their awesome customer service that if the belt gets loose from swapping between 33 and 45 you can leave it in the freezer overnight and it will contract. Amazed. It works.

I've been thinking of wasting some money on a tube preamp. But not sure it's worth anything more than looking cool. Anyone know?
I wire from my current phono preamp to a pair of Sonos 5 speakers so no external amp. Plus the speakers are easy for streaming.
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Until recently I had a Fluance belt drive with the acrylic platter and the Ortofon 2M Blue. Great turntable & cartridge. Sold it, but now I wish I'd kept it.

In a past life I had an all-tube system. If you have discretionary money to spend on that stuff, it can be a fun hobby.

The go-to local vinyl shop here is House of Records.

https://www.houseofrecordseugene.com/
 
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Warpeg said:
To start off with, I'd love to get folks' opinions on these:
  • Record Pi - Flattens warped records
  • Spin-Clean - Record cleaner
  • The new Beatles Revolver Box Set
  • Favorite turntable, receiver, and speakers
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Thanks for the tips. I ordered a Record Pi because warpage continues to plague vinyl. I hope it works. :)

EDIT: As for the Spin-Clean, manually operated record cleaners that use a tank of cleaning fluid seem impractical to me. Very messy. I got lucky and picked up a lightly used Okki Nokki record cleaner for cheap. It works great. But I think they've been discontinued. :(
 
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Nice setup!

May I offer a suggestion? Turntable essentially sitting on top of a speaker is not good. The TT cartridge will pick up vibration from the speaker and muddy up the sound. If possible, relocate the TT so it's not sitting on the speaker. :)
 
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Neat club! I'm 26, so I have no real nostalgia for the medium, but when the pandemic hit, I started buying records from my favorite small bands to try to help offset the work shortage. As such, 90% of my vinyl is from the last 5 years. I don't own a player, but I would like to! I just want to make an informed decision, and there's a ton of options and it gives me paralysis. Still, it's a fun thing to collect!
 
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Warpeg said:
To start off with, I'd love to get folks' opinions on these:
  • Record Pi - Flattens warped records
  • Spin-Clean - Record cleaner
  • The new Beatles Revolver Box Set
  • Favorite turntable, receiver, and speakers
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There are turntable center record weights for wrapped Lps.

Nitty Gritty record cleaners and there is a copy of one made by Audio Advisor (I think.) These are probably the most affordable cleaners.

Beatles Revolver Set........don't buy it unless if you are a die hard Beatles fan. Probably the 2009 remastered Cd is the best sounding or the
original UK Polydor pressing. UK pressing were in mono and stereo. Many think that the mono sounds the best.

Favorite turntable receiver and speakers. All a matter of opinion and pocketbook. And most important, what your ears think!
 
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wild4oldcars said:
Neat club! I'm 26, so I have no real nostalgia for the medium, but when the pandemic hit, I started buying records from my favorite small bands to try to help offset the work shortage. As such, 90% of my vinyl is from the last 5 years. I don't own a player, but I would like to! I just want to make an informed decision, and there's a ton of options and it gives me paralysis. Still, it's a fun thing to collect!
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I read a claim that 50% of all new vinyl is never opened or played. :)
 
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I was reading a David Bowie magazine that just came out..and Trevor Bolder and his fantastic contribution to each song...

So..as I read , I pulled out all my Bowie albums that had Trevor playing Bass, and listened to Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from mars , Aladdin Sane and Pin Ups

Then started on my Greensleeves Reggae albums

and ended with Hocus Pocus by Focus...

Wow!!!Vinyl sounds so good!

Pictures of my turntable etc. stereo later...nothing special...but better than my Denon component system which I listen to most of my CDs on
 
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murphy said:
That is how many LPs I gave away during my Divorce purge

I have saved about 30 only...maybe 50..I have to count , plus a box of 7inch singles
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I probably have several hundred dating back to the mid seventies, also a bunch of singles. I lost all my early records years ago but replaced them, they were all monos though and usually sound better than the reissues at least IMHO. I do try to buy original records now though. I have MFSL half speed master of Aja and Abbey Road I bought new years ago, they sound excellent, the detail especially in Abbey Road is amazing, it sounds like you're in the control room listening to a playback.
I think the original LP's of Steely Dan sound better than the CD's too for some reason, I'm not one of those who say that LP's always sound better than CD's because I have some incredible sounding CD's too but to me at least SD CD's sound flat and they're fairly new. Another one I was disappointed in their CD's are The Doors, the original vinyl sounds much better to me.
Acoustic jazz sounds markedly better to me on records than when digitally reproduced for the most part. I think acoustic jazz lends itself to vinyl's strong points, very clear and real sounding midrange and nice smooth treble.

Am I the only one here who always forgets how to spell Steely Dan Aja?
 
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