Hello, my name is Greg and I am a reformed Vinyl junkie.
I admit that I used to buy pristine direct to disk pressings while I was a starving student. I used to squeeze my entire food budget for the week so that I could buy a new Telarc or Sheffield pressing. I would clean myself, clean the album, clean the stylus, apply stylus lube, close the cover, flip the cue lever, ramp the volume above zero ONLY when the stylus was seated and the tonearm was stable, and run to my seat, and listen until either 1) I heard a pop, at which time I would leap from my seat and repeat the whole procedure, or 2) Side A was done, at which point I would leap from my seat, turn the volume down, flip the album, and repeat the whole procedure.
I admit that I would connect an oscilloscope to check if the right and left signals were in balance, and adjust the tracking force and anti skate accordingly.
I admit that I have held hundreds of vinyl pressings up to the sunlight to check the quality of the vinyl used, and the dynamic range allowed in the grooves.
I admit that I would rotate my entire (small) collection weekly to avoid the dreaded warp.
I admit that I would unwarp lost case records in the sun between two pieces of glass. I also admit that I deliberately warped a particular disco album at a 90 degree angle, and then threw it into the woods.
I have been vinyl free for 15 years now. I feel a sense of freedom, but there is still the curiosity, and the sense of something missing.......
btw, hello Todd and Fred!
gerG
I am sooooo not worthy.
But I am learning.
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