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value-brand cereal
May 2, 2008

I'm new to vinyls. :shobon: So I have a few questions.
First off, I inherited a Realistic 430 table from my dad. I noticed that when I play a record with no headphones or speakers turned on the table itself is 'playing' the record. By that I mean I can faintly hear the songs playing. Why is it doing that? I thought I needed speakers for that.

I notice many people are using carbon brushes and cleaning solutions. Could I just use canned air to clean off my records, or do I really need those two instruments?

Also, how straight should records stand on their edges? Because I noticed one or two of my maxis' edges were slightly flipping outwards--not very noticeably until you put it on a table and turn it while watching its side. Should I squish all my records together?

[Note: I did buy most of my records used, and the maxis could have been slightly warped already. Best to be safe.]

e:VVV Thank you!

value-brand cereal fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Jul 18, 2009

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