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Hi "Safety": What do I do with the old ones? Does anyone recycle them or should I just toss them? -- Tom Fine ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Breneman" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:20 AM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Victrola needles > --- On Tue, 10/20/09, Danger <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> http://www.antiquephono.com/ change >> needle every 2 to 3 disks >> -- >> Best regards, >> Danger > > Fascinating advise from an entity identifying itself > with such a moniker. If you are cheap, (like me) and > are playing records in v+ condition or less, you can get > by with rotating the needle 180 degrees for a second play. > But, if you leave the needle *in place* for a second play, > by the end of that play it will be building up shoulders, > and the tip, now unseated in the groove, will be > careening from side to side against the groove walls. > By a third play, if you're so deaf that you can tolerate > the degradation in sound quality, you'll be repaid > with a record that has suffered serious damage. > > Sign this missive - > > - "Safety" :-) > > > > >