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Hi all,
I'm holed in the Pacific NW waiting for the Storm of the Century to hit. Unfortunately, I just noticed that the cantilever on the record player here is badly bent, like curved at a 45 degree angle. There's really no way for me to go get it fixed without risking grave bodily harm. It's not my place and not my records. Can I in good conscience play this thing for a day or two?
Oh, and to make things more complicated, person I'm with is having some health issues and needs attention. Don't want to make their life any more complicated by bringing this up.
Again, I'll deal with this in a day or two, just need to know that it's not the end of the world to use it for the time being. Sound is okay but man is the visual gnarly.
Best,
WJ
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Storms Of The Century are happening more and more frequently. I live on the coast of Brooklyn, and am genuinely thinking of moving a bit West. After people begin to realize that the weather is changing, my house will rapidly become worthless.
Really, huracanes over the past 10 years, since NO, have been significantly less frequent.I live in upstate NY, no storms of centuries to speak of here. Or at least beyond normal.
Edits: 10/15/16
Mine would say no.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
Not just a question of sound but of record damage.
The answer to the question raised by your conscience is a straightforward; No.
You kind of answered your own question, if someone else wrote this and you read it, what would be your answer? I think you would tell them not to play records...
If its not your place, turntable, or records and you can see that the cantilever is skewed, do the owner a solid and leave it alone. Play the silver disks, FM radio, or streams, but not records.
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