Guilty Pleasures Test Tracks

[Grainger49]

Len,

You should have bought the self titled LP. (hubba, hubba!)

[Len]

You should have bought the self titled LP.

I'll check my basement stash one day this winter. I have about 7,000 lp's, and it took a while to vet out the ones I thought would not play well, just from visual inspection. I put those in the basement.

For most of those, I didn't even look at the covers. I'm sure some of them will play after cleaning, and she may be in there somewhere.

Come to think of it, that LP might even be in the music room itself. The best few thousand are there.

Did I mention that I'm a vinyl nut? But I'm slowly caving to the possibility of a digital music server as well. I'm starting with my Blackberry.

But lately I've been looking at my old 45 rpm singles. I miss them, and many cannot be had on LP. Just another diversion...

[Grainger49]

Try this for cleaning old treasures that are not in pristine condition:

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99837

Here is a link to a video of how to:



It peels easier in the summer for me.  Painter's tape helps start or pick up small pieces left after the peel in winter.

Hope this makes a difference for you.


Of course it will not help scratches but lowers the noise floor very well.

[Len]

Try this for cleaning old treasures that are not in pristine condition:

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99837

Here is a link to a video of how to:



It peels easier in the summer for me.  Painter's tape helps start or pick up small pieces left after the peel in winter.

Hope this makes a difference for you.

That is a very interesting thread! I'll try it on some of my treasures that might be noisy.

I use Joy dishwashing liquid once in the sink, then my nitty gritty record cleaner before every play. Once it's on the turntable, I use a carbon fiber brush to remove any dust or static.

With so many records, I vetted out the badly scratched ones that I thought wouldn't play well. Also some moldy ones that I could probably clean with enzyme cleaner when I get around to it. But it will take me many years to play just what I have upstairs. The cost in record sleeves alone needs to be budgeted.

But the face peel method just has to work if done correctly. Very cool.

BTW, I think that once I post this, I become a full member and enter a whole new social strata (stratus?) Do I get a lapel button? Will NYC cops stop pulling me over to check if I'm wearing my seatbelt?

[DowdyLama]

I highly recommend Maria Muldaur fans to pick up her semi-recent "Richland Woman Blues."

[Grainger49]

Jim,

Good to hear from you.  I'll send for a CD this week.  Thanks for the recommendation. 

[Grainger49]

Way back when... I used Pentangle's "When I Was In My Prime," from Cruel Sister as a speaker demo.  I used it for demonstration of my stereo too.  It is a solo, acapella song by Jacqui McShee, not really Pentangle.  But it showed all the cabinet resonances that the speakers of the day had.  There was nothing to cover up any problems, just a voice.  If it sounded "chesty" there was something wrong.

I still like it.  It is good at showing buzzes or cabinet resonances.

If you need bass, try a copy of Stereophile's test disks.  They have bass warble tones that will activate any room/fixture resonances you need to excite.  (I'll burn you a copy)  Can I say that?