Beware if you're not into spending large amounts of money, they're about $50 each.

but the thing is, no one here (that i know of) is a dj, so why waste a ton of money on a djing player, when.. you just wanna play some records?

do anyone know what is wrong with my player!?

ahh, gotcha hypertonic. (i didn't mean to seem so harsh about it)

hey does anyone know why my player is dragging?
you guys think you are aficionados so any help?

what do you mean dragging?

i mean it never plays at the right speed
causing the voices to sound mildly slow
but this is unlistenable

yes....


it is cheap and not made at all well....

it is probably the drive band a big rubber band because that player would not be direct drive kind. the band would be too loose probably and not allowing the table to spin up to speed....

shitty man.

one of my records (just one) had some stuff sticking off the side of the vinyl...(part of the vinyl i mean) and it would cause it to periodically slow down cos it was rubbing against the little wall beside the turn table area (in the reacord player i mean..)

can you lead me to a good player for less than $50?

Not a new one.

motor is dying.

not unless you know someone in stolen goods

why dont you sell the one you have now.. im sure you could make something for it, and then fifty dollars. then you could maybe find a half-decent one?

that turntable lab site is dank as hell, thanks for the link
thinking about getting that 89 dollar audio tech turntable, about time for a new one...

Check the link I provided higher up. If you have trouble accessing it, though, let me know, and I'll PM you the steps.

answer me bitch!

Or you could just go to a record store and have them throw it on the VPI or Nitty Gritty cleaning machine for a dollar.

I threw out my old Discwasher brush becuz I was finding it was making my records dirtier. It wasn't dust so much as lint and fibers coming loose from the brush and adhering to the vinyl when I used the solution. That's when I switched to the microfibre cloths and my own solution of 1/2 distilled water and 1/2 denatured alcohol. Haven't had a problem since.

I do throw the microfibre cloths in the wash every once in a while, too.

Yeah, but my way is DIY!

I give you your due respect for that.

If I could afford my own VPI or Nitty Gritty, I would own one for sure.
That Nitty Gritty solution kind of gives me a headache though. Your cleaning solution sounds more brain-cell friendly.

how long have you had yours before throwing it out?

mine is just not picking up the dust anymore...i found a show brush which is similar to the record cleaning one except the things are much harder so i'm afraid to use it on a vinyl.

I had mine for years and years and years. I'm old, remember? I'm sure a new one would work fine, I just think after so many uses they start to go bad.

I thought I was going mad at first. I'd bring home new untouched vinyl, clean them once before spinning, and they'd sound like shit. And the more I tried using the Discwasher brush, the shittier they sounded. I had to take all the vinyl I'd been using the brush on and do a deep cleaning with soap and denatured alcohol to get them to sound new again.

These days, I give new records a light brush with the microfibre and I'm done, rarely use the solution. Some audiophiles claim there's a coating on new vinyl that you're supposed to wash off with a solution before playing but I don't buy it.

just listened to the vinyl last night. Since I dont have speakers, I just plugged in headphones and laid on the floor in the dark, fucking great...

i inherited mine from my mom, so the thing is old too.

the brushy thingys are still going strong, my only concern is that i don't store it so i think it's gathering a little dust and might have something to do with it not picking enough crap from the discs to clean them.

or maybe i'm just being anal.

i've used those cd wiper cloths to clean really old, really dirty vinyls to great effect though.

'69 !!! ! You late bloomer.

I bought In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida in the fall of 1968. :D Got it at a Naval Base PX for $2.95, brand new of course. First 'acquired' vinyl was hmmmmm....I snagged the 45rpm of 'Purple People Eater' from my oldest sis in about '63-'64 as I was also snaggin' her 'Meet the Beatles' mono btw,...for my first LP ...

last vinyl I ever purchased before switching to cd's was.....

U2 ... War

some turntables have knobs to adjust the speed. maybe you need to do that. or, you could check the "balance" on the tone arm. if it is set too high you are puting too much weight onto the needle itself. that could drag your records. I think it is highly likely that you just need a new belt for your turntable (if it is indeed belt driven) they are cheap to get.
http://www.needledoctor.com/s.nl;jsessionid=ac112b2d1f43670880d2831f46ce906ca0 c859af2058.e3eTaxePaNqNe38Kax0Nb3eMah50n6jAmljGr5X DqQLvpAe?sc=2&search=belt

I love VINYL!!!

Yeah, can ya believe it? I was just into comic books and baseball cards up until about 9th grade, and then my family visited my cousins and I was blown away by their cool Beatles collection. They were playing the Let It Be and Abbey Road albums, and I thought those Apples spinning on the record player were the coolest thing I'd ever seen, as were their copies of John Lennon's Instant Karma singles. I was hooked, went home, hit the record stores, and I've never been the same.