After almost 3 years of abstinence, am about to... - DevillEars

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After almost 3 years of abstinence, am about to...

Posted by DevillEars (A) on February 27, 2007 at 09:56:06

... purchase another piece of audio-related equipment - A Sota RCM...

After re-structuring my insurance portfolio (the first time in >30 years) to more closely match my needs at the age of 61, I will be cashing in the investment element and upping the risk cover while keeping the premium constant.

(There's a lesson there for anyone else who has not examined their insurance with a somewhat jaundiced eye.)

The Sota here in SA undercuts the opposition (Moth, VPI and others) by quite a significant margin and, after "test-driving" the VPI and the Sota, both seem to deliver an equivalent result - with the Sota costing the local currency equivalent of ~$690.

I should take delivery this coming weekend and will - after a few cycles of cleaning records of varying degrees of "filthiness" - post a mini-review of my initial impressions (unless there is such a groundswell of "Piss off and post that in Vinyl Asylum - in which case I will sulk for a few months).

Part of the decision is based on having some 600-odd LP's, of which probably 400 are worth keeping, and all - apart from recent purchases - having been stored in cardboard removal cartons for 6-7 years - require serious cleaning activity on my part. (I realise from some dialogue here that this number of LPs is comparatively insignificant - particularly when compared to some you lot and your thousands of disks...)

Being, fundamentally, an idle SOB, there is absolutely no way I am going to clean those 400-odd li'l round black muthas by manual means!!! Hence the decision to bite the bullet and get an RCM.

I did toy with the idea of trying to come up with a gyppo-ed DIY device using an old TT and old vacuum cleaner, but eventually abandoned the idea after a serious attack of "What the Fuck!" got in the way of the project...

So, I now have something to look forward to this weekend and also something with which to keep myself occupied during the coming winter months... :-)

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Topic - After almost 3 years of abstinence, am about to... - DevillEars 09:56:06 02/27/07 (14)

Having not yet read the comments below, all I can say is... - subcoolman 15:29:19 03/02/07 (0)

Don't listen to them, Dave!... - feet's too big 10:32:07 02/27/07 (12)

Just in case there is any dementia involved, - Bruce Kendall 11:04:07 02/27/07 (11)

It could be worse. - Todd A. 12:47:02 02/27/07 (1)

There is something very wrong with that picture. ;~) - Bruce Kendall 12:56:08 02/27/07 (0)

It's easy to make just about any LP - Brian Walsh 12:42:18 02/27/07 (1)

You should hear Slim Whitman at 45 rpm! - Bruce Kendall 12:57:23 02/27/07 (0)

The idea of having to clean off chipmunk crap from LPs.... - DevillEars 11:37:45 02/27/07 (6)

"Raphael Ravenscroft (of Baker Street sax fame), "... - feet's too big 12:19:38 02/27/07 (5)

Re: Link to YouTube video-clip of "Baker Street"... - DevillEars 13:06:13 02/27/07 (0)

Re: "who delivered the sax accompaniment to Hazel O'Connor?" - DevillEars 12:57:41 02/27/07 (3)

Regarding Hazel O Connor... - feet's too big 13:22:17 02/27/07 (2)

Regarding Lyn Fredrick... - DevillEars 21:42:14 02/27/07 (0)

On the subject of sax - revjac 13:36:47 02/27/07 (0)

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