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Stylus Warm-up Time

Do you prefer to warm up your stylus before listening i.e. by playing one side (or 2) of an "expendable" LP?

How long is considered acceptable warm up time?

Do you listen immediately or do you wait until the optimisation period is up?

Also what temperature range do you listen at? (My preference is 21-23 degrees C ambient although it doesn't mean I'll stop listening if it goes to 23.5 ;^)

moonglum
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slaw
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Should (we) start a thread.. "Listening at optimum temperature"?
 
I keep my thermostat at 68 degrees. I guess this means I need to turn in my Audiophile Membership Card.
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ml8764ag
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This thread is satirical. ....right?

(God...I hope so)
inna
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Does anyone also pray while warming up the cartridge? 
Warming up cartridge would be too much for me, yes the improvement can be audible but I never do such a critical listening unless I am testing something, either different pressings or subtle changes in the system, but I understand those who do.
This is a true audiophile thread.
wolf_garcia
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I have never put vinyl on and thought, "I should listen to this again right now as it might have improved itself." My turntable is next to my gear rack on its own little table and gets ambient heat from my tube power amp, although COME ON MAN...
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audiotomb
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David99. What heat setting and amount of time do you set your microwave at?

is there a special mechanism to hold the record off the floor of the microwave turnstile giving more even heat distribution?
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