Electron microscope slow-motion video of vinyl LP

That is cool and HERE'S a guy that makes vacuum tubes by hand. Amazing if you've never seen it.

Oh no! He butchered Walter Carlos! Is there an irony here?

That was an excellent find! Thanks for posting. He is a very ingenious and creative individual.

This thread is an amalgam of the different levels out there in order to get to analog nirvana:

(1) basic visual and mechanical instruction
(2) the majority of serious analog listeners and their understanding of the importance of controlling/eliminating resonances/vibrations.
(3) the well-healed that can say through their own experience what really works through their own experience

To the later: I only hope that one day, I'll be able to experience this.

Chayro: One can tell by looking at this maker's hands, they are experienced.