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So I was up until 1 am cleaning records with my Klaudio RCM. The RCM has nothing to do with the (not so slight?) imperfections I'm seeing in some LP's.
As for outer sleeves, I had already bought them, so I am using them. The inner sleeves make way more sense, it would seem.
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Tim Amplifiers: McIntosh 1.2 Kw Preamp: Esoteric C03 Speakers: Salon2 with F113v2 x 2 Analog: VPI Avenger Reference with Ortofon A95 and Esoteric E03 phonostage Digital: Silenzio and Esoteric K03-x and G02 Power Management: PS Audio P10 x 2, P5 Cables: WW PE7 SC & IC, Furutech Flux-50 Filters Rack: HRS SXR Signature |
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I use the outer sleeves on pretty much every record. If kept vertical and out of extreme temps, vinyl will last a really long time and I like having the outer jacket as nice as possible. Of course, YMMV.
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It is extremely difficult to assess what an LP will sound like from visual inspection alone. I've seen what appeared to be perfect discs that were filled with pops and clicks and sounded dreadful. I've seen discs with apparent scuff marks and other cosmetic "flaws" that played perfectly.
As for outer jacket sleeves - they have one major problem. They really increase the amount of space needed to store an LP collection. |
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I use outer sleeves. For most albums I have them oriented with the opening of the sleeve on the top. That way I place the lp itself into the outer sleeve from the top, with the lp (in its inner sleeve) on the outside of the back of the album cover, as opposed to storing the LP inside the album cover.
Makes it very easy to both remove the LP and place it back when done. Last edited by baddog; 04-02-2017 at 04:10 PM. |
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I strongly recommend outer sleeves. A water main leaked at home & flooded my garage. My records were stored in a free standing cupboard which soaked-up the water!
If it weren't for the outer sleeves, about 200 of my records would have had water damage. I simply replaced the sleeves with new ones, and there was no water damage to my records! |
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When a new or used record arrives it gets cleaned using the Audio Desk RCM.
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This makes removal of the record much easier and less riskly, saves wear on the album cover and the thick outer sleeves protect well. Being doing this for a long time. |
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Thanks for the reply
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Wow! That's quite a thoroughly thought through process. I may adopt that for mine as it can be a pain to get records in and out of their cardboard, especially if one has kept the original inner sleeve inside. Thanks for the idea!
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