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Vinyl record storage in Harvey's office, Suits TV show
By 2259, if we haven't already destroyed ourselves or the planet, it probably will be possible to plug one's brain directly into a music feed.  Audio systems will be obsolete.  On the other hand, because audio systems will be obsolete, there will ... 
Old records.
hsounds, Can you explain further?  The change in VTF due to adding or subtracting VTA is real but very minimal for the amount of change in VTA that you describe.  Also, a modern tonearm that places the center of gravity of the counterweight in the... 
Old records.
I beg to differ. At least with respect to jazz and classical music genres, “old” LPs that were well cared for can compete with and often surpass modern reissues by a wide margin. Unlike CDs, LPs really can last forever if properly stored and playe... 
Old records.
I am trying to piece your story together.  First, you say you "recently bought" a TT.  You then say you compared it to your digital system "for quite a while".  So right there is a bit confusing; if you compared your vinyl to your digital for quit... 
Thoughts About Turntable Upgrades
I guess I was misunderstood. What I meant is that if you think that Red Book CDs or even most SACDs that are re-issues of conventional digital recordings can be equal to or superior to (high quality, low noise) vinyl copies of the same music, I do... 
surface noise reduction
Very old LPs that you’ve likely purchased second or third hand were almost certainly played many times with cartridges using spherical or elliptical or worn out styli of either type. When you then play those LPs with a modern cartridge using an ex... 
Teres turntable motor problems
Custom pulley should not be terribly costly. Why not ask them for a source? If they can’t do it, they may know someone who can. Or, assuming the existing pulley needs to be greater in diameter, maybe its diameter can be increased by wrapping it. A... 
Thoughts About Turntable Upgrades
But these days, the very limited quality of RBCD is hardly a criterion for judging the potential of digital when hi Res streaming is readily available to most audiophiles.  
Grace Level ll
Good to know at least that Chakster is alive and not captive in some gulag for his political views.  
surface noise reduction
+1 In addition, the OP might read again the earlier post by Atma on the importance of loading and phono stage design. The net message was not that you need a new cartridge.  
SL1200G - Tonearm shape from side question for owners
In the above, I refer to the front-to-rear axis, the same plane as the azimuth adjustment.  
Grace Level ll
As you may glean from reading the earliest parts of this thread, I argued with Chakster that once you put a good OCL or other line contact stylus on a Ruby (meaning an F9 with a sapphire cantilever, which = Ruby), it begins to resemble the very ra... 
Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm
I ordered a spare stylus too.  Thanks, Doggie.  Cheaper than the eBay vendor.  
Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm
Big fan of MI cartridges. Own many of the great vintage ones but this is the first new cartridge I’ve purchased in a long time.  
Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm
Right now I am flabbergasted about how good is the Nagaoka MP500 that I also bought in Tokyo last May.  Don't know why it took me so long to mount it for an audition (in my Triplanar on my Denon DP80). To those who don't know, because many refer t...