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Old 02-07-2014, 02:17 AM
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A neat site showing 500 and 1000x magnifications of grooves,its quite interesting!

http://www.synthgear.com/2010/audio-...ron-microscope
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Old 02-07-2014, 03:11 AM
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A neat site showing 500 and 1000x magnifications of grooves,its quite interesting!

www.synthgear.com/2010/audio-gear/record-grooves-electron-microscope
I have never seen this before and thought it was pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.
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Old 02-07-2014, 07:57 AM
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Isnt it amazing the beautiful sound that comes from something so small??

I tell ya,ANALOG is beautiful
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Old 02-07-2014, 08:40 AM
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Those guys at the Winter Olympics would have a hard time bringing a bob sled down a trench like this one . . . Thanks for the pictures - very interesting.

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Pretty cool pics......I'd love to see the same groove pics before and after a good cleaning. Seems like that would make a great selling point for cleaners.....figure someone has probably done it by now though.
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Yea I bet alot of our records ARE MUCH DIRTIER than we realise!
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Yea I bet alot of our records ARE MUCH DIRTIER than we realise!
Yes, I only handle mine with a full face mask and latex gloves.
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Really cool !
Makes me even more happy that I bought the Audio Desk vinyl cleaner.
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Goes to show how violent the ride though the groove actually is.
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Really cool !
Makes me even more happy that I bought the Audio Desk vinyl cleaner.
And I thought it was too expensive

Congrat's With your growing vinyl collection, you needed one.
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