bslon
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Canned Heat / Cookbook (The Best Of) 1969 Liberty | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Buddy Miles / Them Changes 1970 Mercury | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Man / Back Into The Future 1973 United Artists | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I also got the InAGadaDaVida reissue, No. 910. What a trip! My original is rife with surface noise so I'm happy to get a quality replacement. The title track, what a song! I saw Iron Butterfly with Uriah Heep in 1969 at the Salem, OR National Gua... | |
| Turntable Belt Care—talc or corn starch? @tablejockey The LP storage is from IKEA and way simpler to assemble than the usual IKEA stuff. Those albums are favorites I've sort of worn out over the years and replaced with reissues so I could hang them on the wall. Colorful, interesting ar... | |
| Turntable Belt Care—talc or corn starch? @lewm Logic would indicate the belt squeak is the belt saying it's unhappy with the motor's pulley torque starting a heavy, stationary platter. This would likely stretch the belt eventually, or snap it. Because I follow the manufacturer's recomme... | |
| Turntable Belt Care—talc or corn starch? @lewm I agree... Why do this? The powder allows the belt to slip slightly on start-up acting like a clutch, reducing/eliminating belt noise and extending belt life. When the drive belt (re: O-ring) squeals on start up talc silences it. Once ... | |
| Turntable Belt Care—talc or corn starch? Put the corn starch back where it belongs in the kitchen cupboard. The post was about using talc and where to find it, not advocating corn starch. | |
| May as well call this... @tablejockey Like you said, Ugh | |
| Turntable Belt Care—talc or corn starch? @oldhvymec Yep, all good. You have flat belts, mine's a single O-ring. I've never used silicone, just talc. My spare is in a dry bag, like you said no need to store them in talc. My maintenance includes all your suggestions along with checking ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Cure / happily ever after 1981 A&M Records | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Al Stewart / Year Of The Cat 1976 Janus Records | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? It's been a quiet few days here with the system dismantled and moved to paint the room. Nice to have everything clean, wiped down and repositioned. Serviced the TT and the platter is spinning like a roulette wheel. The James Gang / The James Gang... | |
| Great song to test bass Leroy Vinnegar / Walkin' The Basses | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @bkeske, I couldn’t agree more, I feel I could’ve written that.@slaw, same here but use a Sony HAP to stream Spotify. Love this thread for new music recommendations. |