Yes I will have to clean the record after, but I got a bit excited to try it out.
My local secondhand bookshop has loads of secondhand vinyl for sale now. Quite pricey - but I work there occasionally, so might be able to listen to them in the shop itself. I might suggest they get one of these so folk can listen before buying.
That would be perfect use for it. People buy them to take to record fairs to check before buying expensive records.
Oh no!
I was exactly the same, have zero need for it, but love it.
I really liked the ortofon 2M blue (£189) on my Technics turntable, I didn't like the 2M red (£90) but others do. I have also tried nagaoka MP110 (£150), Goldring E3 (£89) and a Audio Technica VM95E (£45). The 2M blue is the most expensive out of these but to my ears at least it sounded the best.
Some record shops offer a 'flattening service' via a machine the warms up the record and presses it a the same time, no guarantee of success but can be worth a go if it's a valuable record.........I think for example Music Mania in Crescent Road Worthing offer this, £5 from memory?
Nice shout, I know MM, will take it when I'm next in Worthing.
Yes, they do and it's a fiver. It very much depends what sort of warp it is as to how effectively it can improve it. If it's a mild edge warp where the stylus just rides up and down each time, it's likely it will be able to improve it. If it's the sort of 'ripple' warp where the stylus is thrown sideways causing it to jump ... they're almost impossible to correct.
Are those prices just for the stylus - the little needle bit??! Blimey.I really liked the ortofon 2M blue (£189) on my Technics turntable, I didn't like the 2M red (£90) but others do. I have also tried nagaoka MP110 (£150), Goldring E3 (£89) and a Audio Technica VM95E (£45). The 2M blue is the most expensive out of these but to my ears at least it sounded the best.
I currently use a 2M black (£550) and that sounds really good as would hope at that price. It's all very subjective and what sounds good to one person may not be for another. None of the cartridges that tried I would say were bad apart from the 2M red, which had bad sibilance.
You will also need a headshell
I "sold" all my vinyl to a music shop in Brighton in 2003 before we moved here. I got a measly amount for them but really regret it now. I still have 250 CDs which I shipped here but hardly ever play them as I use Spotify mostly.
Smug git alert
My single biggest regret in life as well. I started a program some years ago to replace them all. I have most of them now.
