Cleaning your records is important, but it won’t do much good if your turntable’s needle is dirty. Styluses get dirty by picking up dirt from your records, which can build up if you spin vinyl regularly. If you don’t clean it regularly, your stylus may get damaged, and need to ...
Vinyl records intobowls.If you’ve been hanging onto a bunch of old records but don’t feel like investing in a new turntable, don’t throw them out. Upcycle them into useful and eye-catching conversation pieces. As a bonus, they’re incredibly easy to make. Learn how to get started ...
Artwork: Henry Peltier's 1909 gramophone works in exactly the same way as a modern turntable: music is stored and reproduced mechanically—on a spinning disc (blue), picked up by a needle (red and orange) vibrating in a groove. There are two obvious differences, however. The turntable is ...
You have no idea how well any used record was kept over its lifetime, and even brand new records have a residue left over from the pressing factory. You want none of this stuff touching your turntable’s stylus (needle). There are a number of ways to clean a record, some of them to...
Some headphones mix it up a bit. One ofthese Sennheisershas a simple 3.5mm TRS plug on both ends of its cable, so you can very easily and cheaply replace the cable if it's damaged... ...but the other has a 3.5mm TRS on one end of its cable, and at the other end the cable...
College-age people are getting introduced to the format, and that gives me great hope for the future,” said Earley. “Once you’ve invested in a turntable, you want to keep buying records so that you can keep using it, right? I do think we will continue to see growth because of ...
I presume they replace with a new disc when servicing. My experience with the logo discs on the forks was that heat did not soften the adhesive (even when the end of the fork was too hot to hod without gloves). I used a 1/16th" drill to put a hole in it, midway between cen...
it again andstick my finger in thereto wiggle the shutter loose once more. I very much hope some of the$5000 Lens Brigadethat hang around the scenic areas ofmy townget to see me do that, and go as pale as an audiophile watching someone fixing a $10,000 turntable with a club hammer....
The complete guide to cleaning and maintaining your turntable stylus If you love the sound of a record player, you're not alone! However, if your needle or stylus isn't clean, it can affect the sound quality. The simplest way to clean your...