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Hi!

Just a quick note to exemplify how nice everyone has been on this forum. Through all of your suggestions I've got a pretty killer setup and am enjoying my new vinyl.

I still need a setup for older vinyl (I found an original Sticky Fingers press but it has a few scratches) to play so I don't mess up my nice setup.

I just wanted to thank everyone for all of their suggestions and answers to my questions. It's not every day that people are so nice but everyone has been really informative and helpful. Currently spinning Modest Mouse Moons & Antarctica. I know a lot of people on here are what I would call "Geriatric" (HAHA just kidding) but check out Modest Mouse. They really opened up the air waves for many of the modern bands in the 2000 era and beyond. Many will argue with me but they are the pivotal band that no one will care about. Current prices for out of print vinyl are 150 and up.

Anyways, I just wanted to say thanks so....thanks!
 
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The only thing old scratchy vinyl is apt to "mess up" is your hearing. Causing damage to your system is extremely unlikely.
 
JoeESP9 said:
The only thing old scratchy vinyl is apt to "mess up" is your hearing. Causing damage to your system is extremely unlikely.
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I was wondering about that myself. I just got a nice new cart. Our school has thousands of records, some great recordings and not in great shape.

So all these old pops, clicks and scratches aren't going to do any damage?
 
Hey, you're using a diamond to read squiggles in a groove on a piece of vinyl. Unless you have foreign objects embedded in the groove their is little if any chance of soft vinyl harming a small chunk of diamond.

The best thing you can do for/with dirty scratched vinyl is to wash and clean it. One of the vacuum RCM's is the best way. A device like a Spin Clean or GEM Dandy works well also. The cheapest option is your kitchen sink, detergent a soft bristled paint brush and microfiber cloths. cleaning old dirty LP's makes them sound a lot better. In many cases it makes unplayable ones sound quite good.
 
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