Re: 3d printing
By: Jamestyree to Moondog on Sat Sep 14 2019 04:31 pm
> Re: 3d printing
> By: Moondog to Jamestyree on Fri Sep 13 2019 10:16 am
>
> > belt was dragging. Anyways, after a little searching it appears that it
> > common for the rubber belts from that era to break down and turn to stic
> > mush, and another issue with older audio equipment was small plastic gear
> > losing
> > teeth, or completely disintegrating due to age or chemical composition of
> > the plastics.
>
> I don't remember what it's called, but all the "rubber" in everything we use
> today isn't rubber, it's man made. After so much time, it revers to it's
> original gooey state. There are products that you can buy that you spray on
> "rubber" to preserve and lengthen their life but I've never used them. I ha
> to replace a belt in an 8-track player recently and it was stuck on EVERYTHI
> in the deck and was so hard to clean. Once it gets on your skin, it's there
> for days!!
>
> Glad to hear that you're getting back into vinyl!! There's that whole debat
> over what sounds better, digital music or analog but I'm not in it for the
> absolute quality of the sound. I enjoy the entire process of getting the
> record out of the sleeve, using an anti-static brush to clean the dust off,
> manually place the needle on the record and then sit back and enjoy looking
> the album art and reading whatever is on the jacket.
>
> I have a Sony HAP-S1, digital music player for music that I don't have on ta
> or vinyl. It's like a giant MP3 player. It's nice, but I don't feel any
> connection to the music like I do when I own the album, reel or cassette. A
> of the hipsters are really helping to revive vinyl and I think that is aweso
> You really see so much more NEW music getting released on Vinyl again!
>
> I rememberwhen I thought $7 was a lot to spend on a record and today it's $2
> or more!! Still, I think it's great!
>
> Moondog, what kind of music were you into back when your records were new?
> What did you pull out of storage? :-) I used to love Van Halen, AC/DC, Pat
> Benetar, Heart, etc. Now, at 51, I've added a good bit of folk music, some
> classical, and jazz. I'm close to owing all of the Steve Miller Band's
> records. Not counting all of the re-releases and live albums (I hate live
> albums).
>
> James
>
I have several older AC/DC albums, Nazareth, Eagles, Foriegner, Bob Seagar,
Styx, plus some others I recovered that were older, like some Johnny Cash,
Janis Joplin, Young Rascals, the Animals, and Rolling Stones. I think
there's some Beatles stuff in the cabinet.
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