Subj : 3d printing
To : Moondog
From : Jamestyree
Date : 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 is
> common for the rubber belts from that era to break down and turn to sticky
> mush, and another issue with older audio equipment was small plastic gears
> 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 had
to replace a belt in an 8-track player recently and it was stuck on EVERYTHING
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 debate
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 at
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 tape
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. All
of the hipsters are really helping to revive vinyl and I think that is awesome.
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 $20
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
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