And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Looks gentle compared to what I've seen some radio disk jockeys do back in the 70s. I got tired of replacing needles that they bent and twisted on the studio turntables.
That company was Finial. They never released a production model. I worked with one of their technicians at a division of TRW in Sunnyvale. He said the technology was very fiddly and never worked as well as expected. A Japanese company bought the IP and apparently did eventually release a product at some exorbitant price. -Rob Muir
The horse's ass who dropped that needle like that needs to be slapped about the head and shoulders, and have his turntable operating privileges revoked!
My first Turntable had counter weights on the back end of the Arm, even if you dropped it, the Needle just slowly settled on the record, then I upgraded to a Linear Tracking Arm, push the < button and the Needle Raised, LED light shined on the Record so you could see where you were and release the button and the Needle slowly dropped. > this button moved the Needle out. It was a cool looking Turntable it was only about 3 inches high including the dust cover/lid.
Is that the drop test for record needles?
ReplyDelete... and that's why your records sound like shit. (your cartridge too)
ReplyDeleteThat record needs a good cleaning, a lot of lint up there.
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ReplyDeleteLooks gentle compared to what I've seen some radio disk jockeys do back in the 70s. I got tired of replacing needles that they bent and twisted on the studio turntables.
ReplyDeleteTonearm way out of balance. Sad to watch.
ReplyDeleteI hope the record is hip hop / wrap. :-)
ReplyDeleteUgh... tell me those are not pubes underneath.
ReplyDeleteAnd now you see why there are so many loud pops at the beginning of each record.......
ReplyDeleteBack in the 90's, there was a group in Silicon Valley working on a laser reader for phonograph records. Don't recall what became of the idea.
ReplyDeleteThat company was Finial. They never released a production model. I worked with one of their technicians at a division of TRW in Sunnyvale. He said the technology was very fiddly and never worked as well as expected. A Japanese company bought the IP and apparently did eventually release a product at some exorbitant price.
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Painful to watch.
ReplyDeletemy copy of Joe Walsh's " So What " album has a phrase etched btw the label and the grooves: " THAT'S NO BANANA THAT'S MY NOSE "
ReplyDeleteThe horse's ass who dropped that needle like that needs to be slapped about the head and shoulders, and have his turntable operating privileges revoked!
ReplyDeleteThat hurt more to watch than seeing a guy getting kicked in the nuts, like it would for anyone with 30' of vinyl albums.
ReplyDeleteI had a little brush that clipped to the end of the arm to wipe dust away as the turntable spun.
ReplyDeleteMy first Turntable had counter weights on the back end of the Arm, even if you dropped it, the Needle just slowly settled on the record, then I upgraded to a Linear Tracking Arm, push the < button and the Needle Raised, LED light shined on the Record so you could see where you were and release the button and the Needle slowly dropped. > this button moved the Needle out. It was a cool looking Turntable it was only about 3 inches high including the dust cover/lid.
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