Change your stylus? When?

gmku · 08.15.2007, 10:56 PM

You don't have to be an audiophile (I'm not) to know you should do this regularly if you want to keep your LPs in good shape. But when do you do it? I replaced mine yesterday simply because it's been two years since I last did, and I'm paranoid as hell about wear and tear on my LPs. I wasn't noticing anything wrong sounding about LP playback. The old stylus cantilever is a bit grody looking though. I have the Grado Blue cartridge, which I highly recommend, by the way. It's not that expensive (under 80 bucks) but man it makes your turntable sound good.

Cantankerous · 08.15.2007, 10:57 PM

i've never replaced a stylus but i have had to replace a turntable because it sped up and it sounded too high pitched/fast.

Everyneurotic · 08.15.2007, 11:05 PM

i recently replaced the stylus because the one that the turntable had was so fucked, the sound would come on and off so bad i thought the wiring was wrong.

gmku · 08.15.2007, 11:09 PM

Okay, yeah that's pretty bad. I guess I'm neurotic about it. Paranoid's the wrong word. Or is it?

SynthethicalY · 08.15.2007, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by gmku

Okay, yeah that's pretty bad. I guess I'm neurotic about it. Paranoid's the wrong word. Or is it?

Old age are the right words.

gmku · 08.15.2007, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Cantankerous

i've never replaced a stylus but i have had to replace a turntable because it sped up and it sounded too high pitched/fast.

Yeah, I owned a BSR in the 70s that played fast as a normal thing. I didn't realize until years later that I'd been listening to all my records essentially wrong. I noticed it one day when I sort of recognized a song on the radio and thought, oh, I like the slower version, and then realized it was actually the same version.

gmku · 08.15.2007, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by SynthethicalY

Old age are the right words.

In six words you've sent me into a depressive state, and now I'm going to bed. Good night to you, sir!

SynthethicalY · 08.15.2007, 11:14 PM

No, I meant that as a compliment.

gmku · 08.15.2007, 11:15 PM

yeah, right

SynthethicalY · 08.15.2007, 11:16 PM

Ah, can't you see my fetish for older guys?

gmku · 08.15.2007, 11:21 PM

Well, we do have a je ne sais quoi the younger ones lack.

I have no idea what the hell I'm saying. I feel like communicating complete in non sequitors from now on. Would that be okay?

Cantankerous · 08.15.2007, 11:22 PM

there's an old man who lives across the street from my mom (which is here) that i quite like, not in a convoluted perverted way or anything i just think he's nice. i like old people.

SynthethicalY · 08.15.2007, 11:22 PM

Are you insulting my intelligence.

Anyways, pertaining to the subject of the thread, I don't know what stylus is. Please excuse my ignorance.

Cantankerous · 08.15.2007, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by SynthethicalY

Are you insulting my intelligence.

Anyways, pertaining to the subject of the thread, I don't know what stylus is. Please excuse my ignorance.

stylus = needle on your turntable.

SynthethicalY · 08.15.2007, 11:32 PM

I see thanks, no I just got one. So I haven't changed it.

gmku · 08.15.2007, 11:37 PM

There's old, and then there's old. It's all in the outlook.

I wore my Joy Division T-shirt to dinner with some new South Carolina friends the other night. They're around my age. They'd never heard of Joy Division. When I tried to explain, they said, "Oh, an 80s band. They all sound alike." Did I let it bother me? No. Too bad for these people, I thought, more to be pitied than scorned, to think they must go home to their Celine Dion and old Heart compilation CDs that probably they don't even play.

I'm not making sense, am I? Are the drugs kicking in?

SynthethicalY · 08.15.2007, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by gmku

I'm not making sense, am I? Are the drugs kicking in?

Or maybe they aren't. I should not be so blatant in coming on to you, Porkie might get mad.

Cantankerous · 08.15.2007, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by gmku

There's old, and then there's old. It's all in the outlook.

I wore my Joy Division T-shirt to dinner with some new South Carolina friends the other night. They're around my age. They'd never heard of Joy Division. When I tried to explain, they said, "Oh, an 80s band. They all sound alike." Did I let it bother me? No. Too bad for these people, I thought, more to be pitied than scorned, to think they must go home to their Celine Dion and old Heart compilation CDs that probably they don't even play.

I'm not making sense, am I? Are the drugs kicking in?

for the record you're the coolest old dude in SC.

ps no pun intended

gmku · 08.15.2007, 11:49 PM

Ha ha, thanks, Tanky. And for the record, I think you're the coolest member of today's youth movement that I know.

Everyneurotic · 08.15.2007, 11:50 PM

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...
I wore my Joy Division T-shirt to dinner with some new South Carolina friends the other night. They're around my age. They'd never heard of Joy Division. When I tried to explain, they said, "Oh, an 80s band. They all sound alike"...

fry: how do they even know a tv show from a thousand years ago?

professor farnsworth: omicron persei 8 is 1 000 light years away from earth, it takes airwaves to travel through the galaxy to that distance, you see...

fry: magic, got it.

08.15.2007, 10:56 PM	#1
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	You don't have to be an audiophile (I'm not) to know you should do this regularly if you want to keep your LPs in good shape. But when do you do it? I replaced mine yesterday simply because it's been two years since I last did, and I'm paranoid as hell about wear and tear on my LPs. I wasn't noticing anything wrong sounding about LP playback. The old stylus cantilever is a bit grody looking though. I have the Grado Blue cartridge, which I highly recommend, by the way. It's not that expensive (under 80 bucks) but man it makes your turntable sound good. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Okay, yeah that's pretty bad. I guess I'm neurotic about it. Paranoid's the wrong word. Or is it? __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	yeah, right __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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SynthethicalY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,408	Ah, can't you see my fetish for older guys?
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08.15.2007, 11:21 PM	#11
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Well, we do have a je ne sais quoi the younger ones lack. I have no idea what the hell I'm saying. I feel like communicating complete in non sequitors from now on. Would that be okay? __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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08.15.2007, 11:22 PM	#12
Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	there's an old man who lives across the street from my mom (which is here) that i quite like, not in a convoluted perverted way or anything i just think he's nice. i like old people. __________________ RETIRED
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08.15.2007, 11:32 PM	#15
SynthethicalY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,408	I see thanks, no I just got one. So I haven't changed it.
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08.15.2007, 11:37 PM	#16
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	There's old, and then there's old. It's all in the outlook. I wore my Joy Division T-shirt to dinner with some new South Carolina friends the other night. They're around my age. They'd never heard of Joy Division. When I tried to explain, they said, "Oh, an 80s band. They all sound alike." Did I let it bother me? No. Too bad for these people, I thought, more to be pitied than scorned, to think they must go home to their Celine Dion and old Heart compilation CDs that probably they don't even play. I'm not making sense, am I? Are the drugs kicking in? __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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08.15.2007, 11:49 PM	#19
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Ha ha, thanks, Tanky. And for the record, I think you're the coolest member of today's youth movement that I know. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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