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Let’s share funny-stupid things we’ve done

Let’s share funny-stupid things we’ve done.

I took the time to clean 8 Henry Mancini albums, so I could digitize my favorite cuts.
I sent the signal to a CD burner. All was going well, though I had my volume down so I could preview the following albums. Eventually I’d gone through the remaining albums, so I turned the volume back up. Hmmm, that bongo player sure is good, and damn, what fast hands!.  I don’t remember ‘Baby Elephant Walk’ being so fast paced..oh well, just getting old I guess.

On cut 24 I accidentally hit the head shell with my elbow, which made me look down and notice…I’d spent the last 2 hours recording everything at 45rpm. What a doofus. Surprise, some of the cuts sound better that way!

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fuzztone
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Maybe you.need one of them fancy TTs that require a belt relocation for a different speed.

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tksteingraber
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Placing a quarter on my head shell to keep my record from skipping....but didn’t everyone do that growing up? 🤣

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noromance
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Played a side of an album with a cartridge I had just knocked the diamond from. The jagged whatever that was left on the cantilever acted as a stylus. I thought it sounded a bit iffy and put it down to a poor pressing. Expensive gaff.

dadork
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Overpaid and undersold gear.

whitestix
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My cat jumped on my SOTA turntable and destroyed the Dynavector 20X10 stylus. I got an Ayre QB-9 a week later and sold my TT rig.  I think my cat did me a round about favor... 

To Dadork, I wear as a pure badge of honor the fact that I have lost money on every piece of used gear that I that I have ever resold and it has been plenty over the past 45 years.  I have had full-priced offers on gear I was reselling and gave buyers a better deal just to keep my losing string going.  A few hundred bucks here and there, merely entertainment costs. With this notion in mind, I sure have met met some wonderful audiophiles over the years in the aftermarket with whom I stay in touch. Selling gear at lower prices is a great way to make new friends and spread the joy around.  

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