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Your turntable's cartridge is the most crucial part of your turntable setup. As the mediator between the needle's vibrations in the record and the electromagnetic waves which produce sound, the cartridge is the center of your turntable's sound production. A record player's groove can be less than double a hair's breadth. This means that for your turntable to make the best … [Read more...] about How to Align a Turntable Cartridge and Revamp Sound

If you have a large library of records that you seldom listen to, find your vinyls in used record stores, or by some fluke, get a record mailed to you that has been improperly stored or transported in a high heat setting, then you have most likely felt the dismay of coming across a warped record. Warped records are records that have bends or ripples in them. Warping can have … [Read more...] about How to Unwarp a Record: Top 2 Methods

  Do some of your records look like this? Even if it is a 33, 45, or 78, please read below. This process is tried and true and works quickly. Have you stumbled upon an old vinyl collection that has been sitting around, collecting dust and who knows what else? Maybe there are some gems that you want to enjoy, but, you don't want to damage your turntable or the … [Read more...] about How to Clean Your Vinyl Records in 4 Quick Steps

You knew when you bought your record player, that its sound quality would be better than most other musical devices you can listen to. But something's gone wrong. You might be experiencing blips in sound, noise distortion, hissing sounds or skips. All this trouble you're having is making you wonder why you bothered to turn to vinyls in the first place. Why is the sound … [Read more...] about 8 Quick Tips to Fix a Skipping Record Player

While not all record players have all these tuning options available, I want to cover the most common ways of tuning on some of the most popular models of record players. All of the record players mentioned are available on Amazon and have parts and manuals that are convenient to find. [aawp fields="B01F2B3FKI" value="thumb" image_size="large" image="5"] What does it mean … [Read more...] about 7 Turntable Tuning Tips for the Best Possible Sound