Subj : Re: Turntables and LPs
To   : Brian Rogers
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Mon Jul 19 2021 08:10:00

-=> Brian Rogers wrote to Atroxi <=-

 BR> As for keeping your records in decent shape, store them vertically not
 BR> horizontally! In time they will warp if you do. Only handle them via
 BR> the outer edges and you may use a soft dry cloth to wipe them with.
 BR> Keep  your stylus fresh! An old stylus may scrape the insides of the
 BR> grooves and it will lose it's sound quality.

I've heard a story from two people now, suppose it's become apocryphal. 
College radio station is in the basement of a building. Building floods, 
soaking the records. Albums stacked vertically were intact, but the sleeves 
were ruined. They bought a bunch of blank cardboard sleeves and cleaned the 
records, and found that the records played better, because the waterlogged 
sleeves expanded and straightened out any warp in the records.

Although, it's possible both storytellers went to the same school...


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