IMPORTANT Things To Know BEFORE You Play RECORDS! PART 3
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
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So you STILL INSIST on getting into vinyl, vinyl playback, turntables and stuff! Even AFTER Parts One and Two? I know, all the cool kids at the office are doing it. But can YOU handle the EXPENSE and sometimes the disappointment of this hobby? You can? YOU'RE SURE! Okay, then you'll need to watch Part 3 of my Award-Winning Series! I'll tell you some things you'll need to know about record and stylus cleaning, storing vinyl, and I'll suggest a few inexpensive vinyl accessories! (LINKS BELOW)
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I think it's safe to say that vinyl is a hobby within the audio hobby. Nice video!
Appreciate the support!!!
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I can agree with that statement.
Vinyl enthusiast from Utah here. Been loving this series even though I’ve been collecting on and off for about 15 years. Keep up the good work
I'll try. Trying to keep my head in the game but the struggle is real. I do appreciate your support.
Vinyl has become a great hobby and sharing record talk with new friends, old friends and begging my family for theirs 😮
It IS a great, expensive hobby!
Vinyl...
I still remember when I was middle schooler..i saved milk money and every Saturday I ran to record shop buy a vinyl or vinyls. Maybe the happiest moments ever in my life (except the days my kids were born).
And i still have the same feeling every time I picked LPs since I've made some money myself.
Thanks for the great video Bob!
From Seoul S.Korea
Good to hear from So.K! Yes... some of me best memories as a kid was spending all my side hustle money on LED Zeppelin records! Appreciate your support from so far away! Stay cool!
Bob, don’t ever get rid of this channel brother… just don’t… you’ve been so helpful with my vinyl collection
Thanks, Robby! I'll keep on keeping on! I appreciate your support!
@@UnitedStatesofAnalog I can’t figure out how to send a dang photo on here… but todays vinyls where og pressing of Fleetwood Mac and Hearts DreamBoat Annie 🤟 I didn’t realize how “off” my audio technica was so I set a level up and got it back to goodness. I need a new cart for it, but I will grab one soon. Hoping to win some of that Taylor Swift you got
Hey Bob. I am 79 now and after using more than 30 years one of the early Project 1(back than it carried the name Project 1 Remy A. Thorens), it was time for an upgrade. So i bought the Debut carbon evo. Replaced the Ort. 2m red for the AT mv95ml and it all sounds great on my Linn Index ll speakers powered by the Yamaha AX 497. Keep up with the channel. Greetings from Belgium.
Hey Bob- love the attitude & love the energy…keep on keeping on! I’m so happy to have found your channel (thanks to Cheap Audio Randy) and share the love of vinyl. I got back into it during the Dark Time (pandemic) and my world has opened up just like it did when I was 14 when I got my first turntable. Analogue means touching, holding, examining, move this to over there, plugging in/out, adjusting this knob and that lever, kicking back then getting up to flip the record or cassette, and sharing all that with your closest friends. It’s touch and tweak and it allows me to interact with the medium so much more than the digital domain. I find that kind of relationship more engaging and it fills me with a personal joy: a personal joy that others share as well. I love our community and I appreciate all that you put into making these videos possible. I’m a fan (from Chicago).
Love me some Chicago! Ever go to Reckless Records? Thanks!
You're killing me here! 😂 I promise I won't get into vinyl, and I hope that makes you a little happier. If not, here is a virtual hug for you, and we all love you, brother. 😂 Take care, and congrats to your better half on her award.
The outtakes at the end of the videos are the best.
Thanks! We try! Appreciate your support!
Thanks for all the GREAT content!
Agree 100% with your opinion of the record doctor. I bought a used one off eBay at least 15 years ago and haven’t looked back. It still does an amazing job and makes an audible difference on so many albums! Don’t feel the need to spend thousands on a fully automatic one.
I'll do a little extra work to save hundreds of $$$! Thanks for watching!
Hi! A rookie from Lisbon, Portugal, here. Congrats on your channel and this series! I'm still here giving it a go with vinyl, so probably you should go for a part IV... Curiously, for me the scariest part is the cleaning (both records and stylus). There is so much stuff to take into acount, so many contradicting opinions, you don't actually know which way to go. Can't wait for your next video.
Varying opinions in the vinyl and audio world are a constant, and the reason there are so many channels!😀Love to Portugal, the origin of my surname!
I would subscribe twice if I could. You are becoming one of my favorite audio channels.
Awwww, Greg! You're my new best friend!
1:45 - Back around 76/77 I found out about The recording of Direct to Disk records/Np tape, straight to a Master disk. They were $25 and some higher. Just did a Bank of Canada's inflation Calculator for the $25.00 ones and it came at $113.40. Yep expensive
I guess records have always been expensive, relatively! Thanks!
Thanks for another good one, Bob! Pour out a little record cleaning solution for me, as I lost a stylus over the weekend at the hands of a curious 7 year old house guest. Thankfully, it was an AT VM95E that I can replace for $49 and not something higher end.
Love this hobby, but you’re not kidding on the time and expense involved. Keep rockin’ my good man!
Sorry for your loss. My honest advice... upgrade to the VM95ML Micronesian stylus! You'll be glad you did!
@@UnitedStatesofAnalog thanks! I’m actually going to do that later this year after I upgrade my speakers and possibly my amp/phono stage. I want to do an A/B test and figure I’ve got a better chance of picking up the differences with some more resolving gear.
Thanks for the reply and take care!
Went down the rabbit hole in the last year and loving every minute of it. I tried that AT 95 you had on the channel recently. I like it better than my Ort Blue on my vintage TTs
Yeah the VM95ML is pretty sweet for the $
Great series. Like your style - into vinyl all my life - too late for me, and yep, it isn't a cheap hobby but it is sure worth it. BTW, I'm from Waterloo, Ontario
Don't stop believin'! Thanks, my friend!
I'm already in the dark side, no turning back now. I got myself a studiodeck plus and can't stop buying records. Lol
Yes... finally getting a big boy turntable accelerates the vinyl buying quite a bit! You just want to keep feeding it new stuff! Thanks!
Something NICE!
Great Series 😂
Thank you so much!
A great vinyl toolkit video Bob. Loved it.
Speaking of regretted scratches.... In grade 11, circa 1983, my then girlfriend came over to listen to my vinyl of The Who's Tommy which we had watched the previous week (on betamax thank you very much).
We had a couple of refreshments and were really enjoying the album when Tina Turner's Gypsy Acid Queen came and and she got up and started dancing to the track.
At one point of the song she did a wild spin and broke her little finger on the side of my turntable causing the stylus to "sskWEEEaaaachktumPF" (never forget that noise) across the remainder of the track and bounce in to the label.
The biggest problem was she ended up POd AF at me for caring more about my turntable and record than her finger.
We ended up in the emergency room, my record was ruined and she and I broke up a few months later.
To this day she says Tina Turner broke her finger.
Brought that memory rushing back when you mentioned how we all have that one record.
I still use that ancient Pioneer turntable as well.
I want to see that made into a movie!!! Thanks for the story!
@@UnitedStatesofAnalog I'll be sure to include it in my screenplay LOL
I just purchased 3 Gold CDs of Albums I don't want possible way to ruin, some of the Vinyl I have , only been played 1 or Two Times, if I can find pre-Loved I replace them Vinyl is my Favorite, Have a MoFi Fender Edition Turntable but my CD Player a TEAC VRDS 701 Basically cost the Same as the Turntable is the Second Best for me. Always have that Set up ready to Turn on For the Wife, She Loves Stereo HiFi and we've been Married since 78, definitely the Best way not to argue about Scratched Classic almost Perfect Vinyl!!! This way if something happens, it's all on me!
Thanks!
Awww. Hickey! You shouldn't have! Thanks!
I clean my stylist with canned air. I just give it a couple blasts and it works great
That's GOOD to know! I appreciate the feedback.
Looking like it's 1 am and you just got back from a wedding reception.
I kept my records outside of the sleeves for years, until i realized I was messing up my sleeves. They are designed to have a record in them. they get squashed without it. What I do to protect the vinyl is put those poly sleeves you use and line the printed inner sleeves or I replace unprinted ones with poly lined paper ones.
Or a house of ill-repute! Is that a compliment?
@@UnitedStatesofAnalog Let's just say it isn't meant to be a slag. :)
Sleeves are the best way to protect your vinyls man… if you wanna leave em out they can warp as I’m sure yours already have
I'm purchasing just a few,ha!! I hope. Around 1977 I purchased, 'let it be' for 3.72$,but purchased the same title for 31.00 before tax about three week ago.
Liking this
Glad you like! I just got the half-speed master of Band in the Run today!!!! Can't wait to play it!
@@UnitedStatesofAnalog enjoy 😉
Bob I probably have been collecting LPs longer than you. The brush for dusting is a great idea ,Greetings from Australia.
I'm from Georgia, about 30 miles East of Atlanta. I cant wait to test my Geshelli Archel 3 Pro headphone amp as a pre power amp for my vinyl. Thanks for the rice paper trick.
Anytime! Have fun! Thanks for watching!
Hey Bob. I've been using a Project for 30+ years. Must 've been one of the very first available (back than it carried the name Project 1 Remy A. Thorens). Time for an upgrade: i bought the Debut Carbon Evo but replaced the Ort 2m red (witch came with it) for a AT vm95ml. Together with my Yamaha AX 497 amp and Linn Index ll speakers, well, it's all i need. Keep up the channel please Bob. Greetings from Belgium.
Great to see you & the camera crew pumping out new content. I like the intro\outro work, nice to see everything come together. Flip the roles one day and let's hear the kid make a pitch for something he thinks is cool in the audio world. You'd both gain a new appreciation for the others contributions & expertise... would be a lot of fun to watch as well...
Maybe I will. Right now he is focusing on graduating high school! 😱
Loving the series!
I think I'll keep it going!!! Thanks for the support of my young channel!
Appreciate you checking it out! Stay cool!
Dagupan City, Philippines. Still loving your videos. Especially lived your Heco Aurora video. However, hey aren't available here. 😢 Keep up with the good stuff!
Too bad about unavailability of Heco's over there! Ut I really appreciate your support!
Love this series!!! Vinyl is a deep rabbit hole! And boy I am tunneling deep! Lots of "Snake oil" and ridiculous claims out there. I bought into most of it LOL! I got into vinyl in the late 70's into mid 80's then jumped on the CD and MP3 thing then streaming. Now back into LP Record (Vinyl) in 2015. Yeah it's expensive!! Ugh! Boston Ma checking in.
I really Like the Groove washer Styli brush worth the little extra it cost. it has long brush hairs so it easier on the tip. Oh I am from northern Utah,
Thanks for the upgrade suggestion!
Great advice. Personal perspective on a couple of points. Firstly the anti-static sleeves are great and all very similar but none actually use rice paper. Even Mo-Fi have stopped claiming they have rice paper in their sleeves, but then they have turned over a new leaf of being honest recently! Secondly, I wouldn’t touch record weights with a bargepole due to the increased loading on the bearing. Also can’t be used on suspended sub-chassis turntables.
I picked up the Rocktober Talking Heads True Stories LP , it is a very good album thank you for the suggestion. (at least I think it was your suggestion maybe not I don't remember). Whatever the case. Thanks Dude.
I think I recommended Stop Making Sense. I think Speaking in Tongues is the best. All the T-Heads reissues are stellar!
Bob you already made me build that ANALOGUE amplifier (class AB with lateral fets) which I totally enjoy even though I usuallly only have digital & class D & DSPs in my audio chain. Project 101 by Rodd Elliott; I totally recommend.
And now Vinyl as well? No, I don't want to. No stop it Bob. Oh now you're making me search for vinyl albums of my favourite music. Again! Stop it Bob!
Okay... I'll stop it!
Thanks for the warnings man. I was going to buy a turn table then watched your videos. I have a few collectors type records that I tested out on a friend's player. He had a couple records that sounded pretty good. Not amazing, but pretty good. When I tested 3 of my own records, 1 of them was just OK, and 2 of them were terrible. It wasn't the player or the condition of the record. It was the transfer. It sounded like an extremely low bit rate digital mp3. Completely worthless and if my favorite bands are releasing these when their albums first come out, then I don't need to get into vinyl. Again, thanks. Even though I know you aren't really trying to stop people from getting into vinyl.
I love your vinyl series but I have to admit that I started getting out of vinyl in 1985 when my wife surprised me me with a Technics CD player in 1985. It was the cheapest one she could find at 300 bucks. I sold a ton of albums to buy CDs and started giving away more to my friends. I have a few left and my son wants most of them. I have a few bootleg albums that I bought when my ship was in Taiwan. 60 cents apiece. I feel bad for you Bob. My parents never hugged me or told me they loved me either. My mom hugged me and said she loved me the day I left for boot camp and I was shocked.
Suffered enough in late 1970's - 1985 with distortion. You need to talk about weight and moving 300 LP's to another place to live.
Greetings from St. Thomas Virgin Islands
Subscribed because you asked me to in
And you made me laugh one son everybody's feeling garbage and nobody some gotten valued c
You are prince among men!
Colorado here, great videos, are you related to Michael Fremmer?😅
Yes!
I'm from USA Colorado and I got into vinyl because my dad left his sound system with me and my mom (after he passed away from covid it's ok) but he didn't have a working record player we had some but none that worked so I went out and got a working one but found a problem with it so I upgraded it so I could listen to my mom and dads record collection then I decided to get my own records and upgrade the integrated stereo amplifier I still have the acoustic research 308 ho speakers he left us the reason why I got into vinyl was to listen to there vinyl but decided that it sounds awesome so I got my own records I'm about to move rooms one day in my house and have a computer/ listening room so then I will need to figure out if the speakers I have will work in the small room or if the speakers are good to use or do I need to upgrade the speakers by the way I got a fluance rt83 record player with ortofon red cartridge I'm going to keep talking to people and see if I need to upgrade my speakers or not right now I don't have a lot of money to get into records but I'm still going to do it I love how records sound and gives me a special vibe can't wait to get more records and maybe new speakers if people tell me I need to upgrade
By the way I forgot to tell you that I love your videos
Thank you, Brother! I loved reading about your passion for music! It's one day at a time in this vinyl/audiophile biz! Take your time and ENJOY THE RIDE, my friend! Reach out if you need advice. If I don't have the answer, I know the guys who do!
This is maybe an advanced intermediate class rather than something for a beginner. Going with record weights, record cleaning vacuums, and plastic wrapping your vinyl. I'm not so precious with my vinyl. Especially the covers. I don't put plastic around them. I want to experience them. Touch is important. And the plastic interferes with viewing the cover in all its glory. And there's also the art on the inside. So that's a no-go for me. I don't mind if there are slight signs of wear. Which I haven't noticed in any vinyl I have bought in the past few years. And losing one or so in 200 albums to scratching them while cleaning?! I don't think that's a given that one will scratch any vinyl at all.
Ultrasonic cleaners are supposed to work well, but I've heard not to use them more than once or twice in the lifespan of an album.
So I wouldn't say for someone starting out that vinyl is necessarily as expensive as you suggest. Getting someone up to your level, sure. But if someone just wants to spin vinyl, they can start small. Yes, vinyl will cost. But entry level gear can be had for not too much. That's how I started.
Thanks for your insights. I can't argue with you. We all come to the sport with different perspectives and expectations! Thanks for the watch and hopefully the sub!
@@UnitedStatesofAnalog I've been subscribed since very early on
Hello from Denmark
Hello back form Texas! Yeehaw!!!
The needle 😉
Indeed!
Can you clean a stylus with canned air?
Man! That's a good question... but I have never seen it listed as a method. Sometimes that air gets freezing cold. I do seem to remember old stylus brushes on a manual, squeeze air blower. Compressed air might be too cold/intense. My thoughts!
I’ve cleaned about a thousand records and not dropped any 😊
And the award goes to... 🏆
“Something nice”
Yes! Something nice! Cool!
Ya know I was gonna just sit back and say nothing....the thing I wanna know is how old are ya Bob...my guess is 71 just like me cuz you got style that comes from an era of cool that is sorely lacking in this hobby today..
You have just a few years on me! Thanks for the compliment... we used to call it swag! I'm glad you're aboard!
Too late for me ...more like forty seven years too late.
Oh phooy!!, ring ware, think of it as patina, but the poly jacket sleeve is an absolute.
Expensive, only if you dont know what the hell you're buying.
Vintage paper sleeves Are softer than the modern paper sleeve, but I do Highly recommend poly rice paper sleeves regardless of the age of the paper sleeve.
Storing the record outside of the jacket to avoid ring ware and split seams, uummm yeah , sure, been doing this for forty seven years never split a seam by conventional storage. The record is in the jacket for a Purpose... utilize it!!
You don’t need to make vinyl videos to counter balance the digital amplifier videos 😊
Absolutely I do!😅
I don’t know, and this is me, storing your record, but not putting it in the sleeve, I think you running the risk of damaging the grooves me, by having something ding it. I don’t know just me. For me the record is the important thing, guess I am not a big, protect the cover guy. I have records, that I have had over 50 years now, and the cover has not warped them.
Interesting theory! I'm not saying you're wrong. I think proper handling out of the sleeve is your best bet for avoiding damage to those luscious grooves! Thanks!
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Getting into vinyl in 2024 dosen't make sense.
What else are you going to do with your hard earned $?
Negativity doesn’t make sense.
Nothing makes sense to a nonsensical person.
I think it does for a host of reasons, but I'll just give you one. Bands make a lot more money out of album sales than Spotify streams. Buying albums is one of the best ways to contribute to a band. Since my buying vinyl helps bands survive in this streaming world, then it makes sense for me to continue doing so. How do you financially reward musicians?
@@UnitedStatesofAnalog Upgrade gear! =)
Bobfather! Thank you for showing your vinyl expertise. We need to warn folks not to use the gooy sticky gel cleaners. They leave a residue on the stylus. I need USA swag. Let me know. You have my email.
Yeah... I should have mentioned the gel cleaners! I'll hook you up! Thanks for the support!