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sound at the record store

Went into a record store today to look around. Now I guess I AM A SOUND SNOB OR SOMETHING BUT CHECK THIS OUT....THE OWNER OF THE SHOP WHOM I KNOW PRETTY WELL JUST GOT IN A DEEP GROOVE BLUE NOTE JACKIE MCLEAN ALBUM JACKIES BAG. VERY RARE AND HARD TO FIND INDEED. HE SAYS CHECK IT OUT I CAN SELL IT TO YOU FOR $300,IT IS WORTH $800 HE SAYS.I SAY PUT IT ON AND LET ME LISTEN. HE PUTS IT ON AND HIS SYSTEM SOUNDS LIKE SHIT...I MEAN TOTAL MUDDLED CRAP AND HE SAYS SOUNDS GREAT HUH?

I JUST CANT BELIEVE THAT OWNERS OF RECORD STORES WHO ARE AROUND MUSIC AND RECORDS ALL DAY WILL PUT UP WITH THAT SOUND.IS IT ME?
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shakeydeal
979 posts
 
You people that responded about not playing a record on their inferior equipment are wound a little too tight. One quick play on their (insert cheap TT brand name here) is not going to do any more damage to that thirty year old record than Jimbo Billybob has already done with his (insert cheap TT brand name here).

It's worth it to me to find out if it's even music that I want to own. If I already know the recording, looking at the condition will suffice for me.

Shakey
goofyfoot
1,327 posts
 
I just wish that more record stores could offer record cleaning services. The likelihood is that Billy Bo Jangles used Windex and a paper towel once or twice in the entire 15 years that he had that record.
hevac1
812 posts
 
I would not be surprised if some record store didn't use windex to wipe records down. I have seen some places spray records down them wipe them with something that smells like windex but was told it was a special mixture.
goofyfoot
1,327 posts
 
I personally won't use Windex or a paper towel but I've yet to find a used record that doesn't come with noise due to mold and dirt being buried in the grooves. Strictly from my experience, even if a record is being played with a decent tonearm and cartridge, it still isn't the optimal or desired playback.
I think I've visited one record store that cleaned their used vinyl but that was in Paris where everything is expensive anyway.
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