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Vintage Audio Repair in CA. Temporarily closed?
I just spoke w Jon and VAR is open and has been the past several weeks.  Great to hear.     Apparently if you don't subscribe to Google as a business, they list your business as temporary closed when you use their search engine.  Nice.  
turntable skipping with footsteps
I solved my footstep problem in my listening area w/a Ginko isolation platform. Now I can dance! 
Record storage?
+1 on the Boltz.com furniture. Extremely well built but you better like the industrial look,Boltz LP RackI use both the LP shelves and the CD storage. But save the $120 castor charge and get the same thing from Lowes for $20. 
VPI Scoutmaster platter/bearing install
OK, now I *know* I'm good (I wasn't previously). I tapped the asssembly out of the platter, put a dab of white lithium grease around the perimeter of the bearing assembly. It slid in with nothing more than my palm and *finally* seated it in the pl... 
VPI Scoutmaster platter/bearing install
...the bearing was mounted on the plinth but the platter wouldn't slide on at all. No way would I have wanted to apply the force required while it was on the plinth.I lifted the assembly off the plinth and installed it in the platter, then simply ... 
VPI Scoutmaster platter/bearing install
I had to tap it in using a wood block. I was very careful. 
How did you get into vinyl?
There was nothing else except 8-tracks! 
DIY Record Cleaner Project - Need ideas
Use a record brush such as the VPI or DD styles. W/O vacumming though, I'd be wary of the brushes not removing enough fluid that while the record is turning, the fluid would flow onto the label from the 12:00 position 
Cartridge & phono stage for VPI Scoutmaster setup?
Thanks for all the great suggestions so far. From what I'm reading, I need to settle on a cartridge (I'm thinking Dyna) and will try it w/my CJ preamp straight. It's a tube phono section so hopefully the results will be pleasing.In the event I do ... 
My favorite Steely Dan song has to be...
Don't Take Me Alive. Larry Carlton smokes on that one...I can't believe I'm the first one to mention this track. 
VPI vacuum too much??
Make sure the plastic screw on clamp is pretty tight against the record. It may be the mat is spinning underneath the LP. 
Fvorite pop/rock albums of all time
(in no particular order...) I could listen to any one of these indefintely...1. Pink Floyd - The Wall2. Kate Bush -Hounds of Love3. LZ -Physical Graffiti4. Peter Gabriel - So5. Deep Purple - Fireball 
How isolated is your hi-fi?
I've got a dedicated FROG. Finished Room Over Garage connected to the main structure only by a breezeway. A decent size of 34x19 w/it's own HVAC. I soundproofed it when I upfit it by isolating all the drywall off the studs using neoprene pipe insu... 
Rush fans on the board ??
#1 = Hemispheres. I've been a huge fan since '78 when I saw them when I was 13. I saw them at least 6 times through Permanent Waves and then didn't like MP or anything after for at least 15 years..I finally warmed up to the post PW work in about '... 
Loud and Live
Aside from most classic live recordings sounding somewhat inferior by todays recording standards, my faves are:Thin Lizzy -Live and DangerousScorpions -Tokyo TapesPat Travers -Go for What you KnowI typically prefer digital but for old live recordi...