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You can still find these Turnabouts in charity shops in New Zealand. Great covers and nice thick cardboard…and the music’s not bad either!

I really enjoy your videos but must disagree on one point: there are many recordings of Haydn Piano Sonatas and quite a few intégral issues on CD (about a dozen of them, I think). Perhaps you were thinking only of vinyl.

Thankyou so much i had some virtually unplayable records .Tried this method and honestly they play like new now ..Happy new year and many thanks

On an average week, how much money do you spend on gas going from shop to shop?

CD CZ-800 knock off cartridge, ruby stylus, no dampening and tiny speakers, hence very poor sound quality. Tracks around 6 grams, but using a diamond stylus would reduce wear. Far better to save up for an AT LP 60 with powered speakers or start to build a vintage set up within your budget.

the descriptor terms are quite good. "A Bit Ropey" across the pond would be " a bit roached out".

My heart sinks when I read Evri is delivering. One of the bigger sellers on ebay uses them though thankfully most I buy from don't.

I find second hand classical records are more crackly than rock or pop.

There are also one or two recordings of Haydn piano music on an early piano on the Astree label with Paul Badura Skoda. Ronald Brautigam also recorded all of them on BIS. If the rest of the performance on your LP is anything like the snippet you played, I think you bought a really nice performance.

Upgrading a Rega 2 would make a massive difference to your listening pleasure, definitely change the cart. I had a fairly basic deck for 20 years, and can’t believe the difference small increments can make

It’s a shame that the records need returning, but I think you are doing the right thing. And your turntable doesn’t need upgrading, it’s good enough for many years of listening pleasure…if anything I would consider different speakers, there’s good offers on Fyne Audio F500 speakers currently, around £500 which I think would be a considerable sound improvement but they would need to be on stands, though if you are happy with what you have then why change anything! Rooms have much impact on HiFi quality, yours does not look ideal, but hey, we have what we have and we make the best of it.

Salomon brought Haydn to London not Solomon!

Wonderful presentation again. Thank you for posting. We should all learn not to listen to the audio snobs, that our turntables aren't good enough. Nonsense. Yours is quite qualified for enjoyment and measurement of quality. How does the 'mixed label set' happen? Why would one be devalued? Also, I suggest that you turn off the fish tank water pump whilst filming. It's quite distracting.

I had the original Planar 2. It had a lifetime guarantee as all subsequent models have so can you elaborate on the " it broke down" comment. We have an awesome British company and I'm fed up with Linn fanboys with their sly and frankly underhand digs. Linn are more be and more dependent on outsourced kit.

Interesting as usual

I agree hmv is about too pricy for a new record, I perfer getting mine form charity shops.

Can you really return on ebay even if the seller says' no returns accepted' and there is nothing wrong with the record? I didn't think you could do that, unless the record was not as described.

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I’ve had a Bluetooth record player for Christmas this year. Iam collecting a few classical music records too. I get my vinyl form charity shops too, really cheap too.

Thanks for that illuminating video. I have the Eclipse fake stereo (ECS 518) of Erich Kleiber's deservedly famous Beethoven 5th Symphony and it sounds marvellous. A word of caution about playing back mono on modern stereo equipment. To get the best sound, with minimal background noise, you need a true mono cartridge or some way of altering the wiring to convert stereo to mono (you can buy such equipment) or have an amplifier which has a mono switch. On the other hand, I have Lympany's mono LXT recordings of Rachmaninov's Preludes and they still sound very good using the mono switch on my circa1989 Yamaha amplifier, and preferable to the fake stereo Eclipse re-issue.

I scrub the record with liquid clothes washing soap and distilled water using a goat hair brush. I scrub quite hard, working along the grooves. I then rinse off with distilled water plus some surfactant and vacuum dry. It works well with most records. The important thing with using all these soap/foam methods is to rinse well afterwards, otherwise residue can build up on the stylus and cause worse noise and even distortion.

I believe it has improved. Another suggestion try a different stylus. If it's spent it's life with a point contact cone or elliptical try a line contact. In theory it will ride on the good part of the groove over the damaged. With fluids just keep away from " hot " fluids like methylated spirit as removes everything even the plasticisers resulting in a brittle vinyl.

The sound quality of the Original Source releases have really impressed me. I have been able to compare a couple OS releases to minty originals, on my system the OS are a large improvement over originals. They are pricy but holy crap do they sound amazing! Worth the price for pieces I really want to hear in the best audio quality available. It would be incredible if some classic Decca releases were given a similar treatment.

Thanks, you can put in a counter-offer

Fun videos. Not a big deal, but an FYI. Karajan is pronounced Cara yan.

I like your videos and taste in music and went onto your shop website. Nowhere could I find what your returns policy is - only how to initiate a return. Do you accept returns if the buyer does not agree with your grading? Incidentally, Karajan is pronounced Kariyan.

Lucille and Ruby, Don’t Take your Love to Town are 2 great Country songs that Kenny Rogers recorded versions of, hopefully at least 1 of them is on that LP, Merry Christmas from Thailand!

CD sized booklet with an LP ? That's fun. I see on discogs that the original from the 1956 and the following reissues (sixties and seventies) were on 3 LP, while this edition from 1987 is only on 2 LP, mirroring the CD version here too.

What makes me laugh are the ridiculous prices that some sellers charge, and that people will pay, for performances that are not even good. Only being interested in the label is incomprehensible to me. Sometimes, particularly in 1950's solo recordings, like Lympany and Heifetz, the original Mono can sound very good and the artificially processed Stereo remake can sound awful. Yet many collectors will simply pay more for the stereo because they assume it will be better. I often wonder if some collectors ever listen to their records, or if they do if their ears are actually functioning or even know what Classical music should sound like.

Merry Yuletide and Santa-nalia!

If you like The Seekers/New Seekers, Try "Peter, Paul and Mary".

I went to my local Salvation Army on Saturday and the new manager has got rid of all the LPS, she doesent like them or want to sell then, - so binned the lot. Bah humbug!

Merry Christmas!

Mixed sets are a no, it would just niggle me,

I would be returning that definitely, otherwise it encourages sellers to be sloppy

I'm seeing a few comments here and I can understand where they're coming from, but I don't think the noise is overpowering. It may have been visually graded and looks EX. He may have play graded it with a different system and quite possibly didn't pick that up. Either way, it's not overpowering. If it's just that little part and quietens going forward, I wouldn't say there has been a great lessening of sound quality. If it looks EX and you're happy with the majority of it, then I don't feel it's been graded incorrectly. You say side A is in nice shape? I'd stick with it. Give it a good another good clean and see if it improves. I think you can live with it.

So is the location just your packing area or is that your main deck ?

Reel2Reel? What next SHELLAC?! I don't think so, and the cassette comeback is a con too.

It is possible that Die Walkure with a mix of WB and NB was issued like that by Decca at that period. Nobody at that time cared about NB and WB.

What really irritates me is when a record is graded NM and when you examine it it's covered with dust and animal hairs. There is no way the seller could grade the record with all that muck on it. Almost invariably once cleaned the record will have flaws.

Would like to see you share your favorite and most priced processions in your collection. Especially what's kept from your professional dealing days. Great videos

The other problem with tape is that it degrades over time, especially if it is not kept in a temperature controlled environment.I personally like the "rounded tone" of cassettes ...for example I recorded my first press mono Sgt PEPPER vinyl to cassette to preserve the record...I think it sounds "warmer" than the vinyl.

very nice video as always, I am wondering if maybe you could do a tour of your gear like your setup, looking forward to more videos

I got into reels in the mid 2000s due to the fact that many of my favored classical recordings were still not available on CD. So, I bought a used Teac and started collecting reels. I think they sound great, for the most part. Some sound better than others. In comparison to LP equivalent, I think mostly that the reel sounds better, and in many cases, the reel sounds better than the CD reissue.

The Mozart Concertos were originally released on L'Oiseau Lyre which was Decca. Presumably licensed to Musical Heritage for mail-order sales in USA.

I just got into reels a few months ago, they sound awesome. Most of the time on ebay, they are significantly cheaper than the equivalent NM lp. For example, the reiner Also sprach shaded dog in NM is always $100+ when the 7 1/2 ips reel is around $40. The reel is a closer representation to the master tape so I'm surprised most audiophiles don't jump on reels. Machines are also cheaper. My pioneer rt-707 was $500 in perfect shape, when a great performing turntable can cost $1k+. Over time maintenance can be an issue, but I still think it's worth it.

Most records have deviated label placements. The labels are placed on the record press without attention to orientation!