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    From Matthew Munson@21:4/108 to All on Sat Nov 7 14:23:40 2026
    Do I also need to clean the needle?

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Matthew Munson on Sat Nov 7 18:14:20 2026
    Do I also need to clean the needle?

    Back i the vinyl days I used a carbon fibre brush to keep the vinyl clear of dust & debris. If needed you could dust off the needle too but the vinyl surface is the most important thing.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Al on Sun Nov 8 09:20:25 2026
    Al wrote to Matthew Munson <=-

    Do I also need to clean the needle?

    Back i the vinyl days I used a carbon fibre brush to keep the vinyl
    clear of dust & debris. If needed you could dust off the needle too but the vinyl surface is the most important thing.

    Didn't everyone have one of those little velour blocks you'd hold
    against the record while it rotated? Between dusty records and oxide
    buildup on tape heads, listening to music was an exercise in
    maintenance.



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  • From NuSkooler@21:1/121 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Nov 8 17:35:21 2026
    Twas Sunday, November 8th when poindexter FORTRAN said...
    Didn't everyone have one of those little velour blocks you'd hold against the record while it rotated?

    I still use one of these periodically or just one of those ultra soft no-scratch cloths made for glasses & some cleaner made for vinyl. Works great.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to NuSkooler on Mon Nov 9 08:05:17 2026
    NuSkooler wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    I still use one of these periodically or just one of those ultra soft no-scratch cloths made for glasses & some cleaner made for vinyl. Works great.

    Discwasher! I think that was the brand!

    I loved record stores - there was something about seeing full-sized
    album art when you browsed for music.



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  • From Al@21:4/106 to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Nov 9 08:57:36 2026
    Back i the vinyl days I used a carbon fibre brush to keep the vinyl
    clear of dust & debris. If needed you could dust off the needle too but
    the vinyl surface is the most important thing.

    Didn't everyone have one of those little velour blocks you'd hold
    against the record while it rotated?

    I never trusted those velour blocks with my vinyl.

    Between dusty records and oxide buildup on tape heads, listening to music
    was an exercise in maintenance.

    Indeed. Replacing needles could be an investment that payed off in sound quality and vinyl life.

    You also needed the hardware, amplifiers and speakers.

    Back around the late 70's and 80's a spent way to much on all that!

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