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Maria muldaur

I still buy CD's all the time. But what I like the best: 8 track tapes.

Thanks Rick good video. I am 68, and got my first record in ‘67, before that listened to some of my parents stuff, on the old Sears Silvertone console. You are right, the record hole thing being too tight, is something I have noticed within the last 10 years. As far as the shaming goes, some of those vinyl turntable groups on facebook can be brutal. You know I have a fluance RT85 and I am very happy with it, plays the music and sounds good to my ears, so I am happy with it. Heaven forbid I would mention that in one of the groups, because it is not an audiophile deck.

Most of my records fit the spindle hole fine but I’ve found a metal letter opener works every time if the hole is too small.

Gently removing excess plastic with scalpel-trying to touch the label-usually works perfect.

Harbor Freight sells a T handle reamer for around $4 that works really well for this. Just be mindful not to ream out the hole too much!

Great video! I will certainly check out the "reamer". Yup, at the end of the day its all about the music/experience, regardless of the $$ spent on the gear. Thanks and I'm looking forward to your next video!

Hi Rick, When you purchase a MC cart, let me know how it works with the Tavish without a step-up transformer. Joe

Wanda Jackson

How about if the record companies buy those instead and give them to their QA people instead of shipping records that aren't finished.

I’m going to say Dolly Parton before boob job and hair dye.

I use a 44 magnum 225 grain

Tight spindle holes have been a problem for years especially on U.S.A. pressings. I use an old BIC six-sided plastic body ball point pen body that I filled with resin to the pointed hole to open the hole. The problem is usually the paper label overlapping over the hole. There is also a Canadian spindle hole drill that works well but it is expensive.

Been using one of those devices for a couple of years and love it. It’s basically the price of a record, maybe 2 by. If it was a little cheaper I would be giving them out as gifts to friends that are into the hobby :) great video as always :)

The so called improvement of MC vs MM is vastly overstated. There is nothing wrong with a good MM. Plus stylus renewal is easy. With MC you need to remove the cartridge and either send it off to be re tipped, or replace the whole thing when the stylus is shot. Also what the MC guys often fail to acknowledge is the chance of an increased noise floor due to the low output and high gain needed with MC, or the also overlooked step up transformer which may or may not be a requirement.

By accident, I had a round file that was the perfect fit and if I say perfect fit I mean PERFECT. I just push it in and pull it out once and voila. Needless to say, that file never went back to the garage, it is now part of my vinyl 'kit'

Small center hole is not that of a problem at all imo. a OUT of center hole - now that is a real problem right there.

ouch that hurt re the opening section

I have records old and new that have been tight. I don't care about it though, tight record holes don't hurt anything.

Oddly, I do have older records where the hole was too tight. I've an original 4AD of Surfer Rosa, for example, which I bought shortly after release and which needed the hole enlarged. I've had good success with a needle-nose pliers in the past, just enough turns to keep the fit snug, as it's better to be a little on the tight side than to overdo it!

I have found that a 9/32 drill bit (by hand) works great on tight holes. You can pick one up for $3 to $5 bucks or less!

I'm gonna have to check out that site. I've always just used...ok brace yourself...a steak knife. Love your videos and the down to earth approach to enjoying records. Cheers!!

I have two record reamers because I bought one and received another with a new turntable and I love them. I keep it next to my turntable, and use as needed knowing that I won’t accidentally over-enlarge the hole, causing other problems. I thinks it’s worth every penny.

Neat little gadget. I use a small rat tail file, insert it until snug and twist about one revolution and done. sits in the drawer. Just like the screwdriver it was in the tool box already and hardly ever gets used so I consider that a freebie.. Nothing against the gadget it just seems pricey. Love most of your vids, this one I'd rather use the money for a record.

Where to begin... Yes, MC cartridges is next level. But I truely love the AT3600. Yet MC has more open and faster sound. And they don't have to be expensive as I already explained. And I love my old transformer. I'm so glad I never sold it. Even with my really good phonostage (Gold Note) it's much better than the MC input. More fluid and extended. That reamer is a good gadget. But so far I only ever cleaned up a hole a couple of times with 10k records. I simply use my Victorinox pocket knife. Its usually just a burr that needs to be removed. Dont forget the msg I sent visiting your site. MC on low budget but great performance.

It’s too tight…. That’s what she said! 😆

Thank you for your kind words.

just use a bic round stic pen apply a good amount of pressure to the spindle hole on both side of the record.just about everybody has one around avoid pencil shaving and paying $50 - 60 for another over priced vinyl accessory.

I get so tired of equipment bigots. Enough so that I am distancing myself from certain Facebook groups that have too many bigots who insult newbies like myself.

Use a flat head screwdriver & just rub inside the whole

I always use a reamer from my shop. Just a light tickle on both sides always did the job. About the other stuff, thanks for the info. 😂😂😂

That wasn't nice with the cart shaming. I collect cartridges and most are, in fact, vintage moving magnets. I have long stopped caring whether a given cart is a moving magnet or a moving coil (or something else such as moving iron). Honestly. The cart is either musical or it is not. Period. As long as you have a flexible phono stage then it is great to be able to switch back and forth.

A round file or rat tail file works better than drill bit . It's still easy to overdo it so go slow

Hi man, nice video! I like the focus you have given to your channel. In my experience and for the spindle hole issue, it also matters what turntable you have. The issue of tight spindle holes became more of a thing when I upgraded to a thorens table. My previous tables, vintage philips, akai and a new pioneer, had thinner spindles. Great fix and I might try the screwdriver method.

I had a moving coil cartridge from Denon and one from Sumiko. I prefer the sound of my NOS Stanton 681EEE better.

That intro felt as if "The Shining" and "Body Double" movies had a child together.

I can think of an even SIMPLER solution to this little problem.........make the damn holes the right size to begin with! This is a case of defective merchandise, plain and simple.

So about two weeks ago I found Shure M97xE old new stock at The Guitar Center for $99 ea Those were disco'd in 2018. So I bought 2 and shared my findings on a turntable page I follow on FB. There were only a few, but the cartridge shamers showed up. Get over yourselves.

Man, when I did a video on that wonderful device the hate came from every direction. People are insane.

I’ve been using a technical pencil for more than 35 years. It’s a cheap and easy solution, just apply an minimum of pressure while pushing the metal pencil point into the spindle hole and your problem is solved! No way am i gonna pay 60 bucks for some one trick pony to replace my technical pencil which lasts a lifetime :)

I have a very rare 78 RPM record of My Baby by the Swallows. I wonder if it’ll work on the spindle hole 78 are very fragile.

It would have been more helpful if you had shown records with the problems you mentioned. I'm not sure I know what some of the things you mentioned look like. Thanks. Also, don't you also want to examine the cover? I heard that can also add or decrease from the value

A few seconds turning the tip end of the blade of a pocket knife inside the hole always solved the problem for me. What's even worse than that is some of these high end audio interconnects that are so tight that you have to use serious manly force to push the connecter onto the rca terminals. You can actually feel something giving inside the component from the force needed. That's something not only inconvenient, but could potentially ruin your equipment. So if you see a used component with a sunk in rca terminal, don't necessarily assume it was accidentally dropped. Sonically, a tighter clamplike hold on the rca terminal improves sound quality, and sone all out interconnect makers know that. The comment from the guy you deleted was either someone showing off that they had moving coil, or someone wanting to show they are a more "serious" advanced audiophile, or wanting to express and tell the world how much greater moving coill cartridges are. Moving magnet cartridges in my experience always lack that effortlessness that can fool your ear into thinking you are listening to real instruments. It's just that little lack of ttansient speed that keeps them from being convincingly real on most passages. Most of the music IS transients. They also don't sound as convincingly 3D as a good moving coil. Harry Pearson the former editor of The Absolute Sound and by far the most influential audio person ever, said that only moving coil cartridges have real transparency. I personally have never heard really top moving magnet cartridges like the Clearaudio Charisma, if they still make that model, but the physics are against them, with a relatively heavy magnet at thend of the cantilever.

I only have a couple of tight spindle hole LP's so I'm not sure I need it. Cart shaming?? I have 8 different carts that I rotate on my channel now and they all have a different sound that I enjoy with each one. 2 of them are MC carts and I've had MC carts in the past, but I used them with an amp that had an internal preamp with MM and MC settings. The main drawback with MC carts are their cost compared to MM carts. My new Sumiko Blue Point No. 3 MC cart is a winner for its price of $499. I use a Reisong step up transformer that I bought on eBay and it works great. I recently saw a video from Steven Guttenberg stating that using a step up transformer sounds better than using a preamp that has MC settings. I did my own test using my Schiit Mani 2 and I do have to agree the sound is better, but most people may not even notice the difference.

I have been on audio forums for the last 3 years and I found that many of the audiophiles are spoiled rich arrogant people who look down on people who have inferior equipment to theirs. If I had to choose who to sit next to on a plane or in a lifeboat, audiophiles would be way down on my list. This and Erin's audio corner are the only audio channels with real, kind humans.

For spindle holes I have a rolled up piece of 400 grade wet and dry paper that I Use to open up the hole to the right size. the problem is having to clean the record afterwards( a can of compressed air helps). It is not just holes! I have stopped buying special editions(records) from one metal production house because I was sick and tired of getting warped records from them( of editions that I ordered well in advance and were of course sold out when I discovered the issue). What really annoyed me is each time I was told its caused by the record being taken out before its cooled down enough. This happened several times and what got me is they knew it was an issue but we not interested in fixing it. A hint for those who are curious who it might be... is a line from Apocalypse now, that starts with "I love the smell......"

Oh man, that first 12 seconds hurt my soul. I picked up a Record Reamer , the Stable 33.33 a few years ago. It works great. I can’t recommend it enough. I’ve only needed to use it a few times so far but when you need it, you need it. Worth the cost in my opinion.

I love that record reamer! I became aware of it a couple of years ago, but as it’s a tool that (hopefully) you rarely need, I added it to a “down the road” cart (a few times, actually). Ultimately, I finally pulled the trigger, and have been singing its praises (mostly to myself) ever since. Whenever I’m cleaning records, I pull it out to be at the ready. Most of the time it just sits quietly loitering around, but when I try to place a record onto the spindle of my record doctor and encounter resistance, it rights proverbial record ships in mere seconds. I just love the thing.

Yup. 180g. I bought the Verve edition Getz/Gilberto coming up on a year ago. I used a pairing knife. Carefully inserted until contact and turned it slowly with as little pressure as possible a few times left and right. Voila! Don't try this at home kids.

You can gently file down the sides of the hole using the filing stick off of a $1 fingernail clipper from Dollar Tree.