I’ve been itching to get a record player of my own for over a decade now, but I’ve never found the right time or have I had the money set aside to really think about getting one. My recent stint in an East Village sublet piqued my interest once again and also alerted me to a few things about old LPs that I never really had to think about. Warped LPs are a deal breaker when you’re macking on a chick and Marvin Gaye starts to jump around. Then she thinks you’re a cheap bastard who can’t afford an iPod rather than the vinyl aficionado you really are.
My apartment was chock full of old albums that I found myself listening to after work, but a few records weren’t in the best condition because they were warped from the heat and cold most things experience in a shanty of an apartment in NYC. So, it’s pretty neat that Furutech has an LP flattener that smoothes everything out. I just wish it didn’t cost $1,480. Maybe I am a cheap bastard.
i would LOVE one of those, but jesus christ…that’s expensive.
rumor has it, if you randomly have two sheets of glass laying around your house (and who doesn’t?), you can sandwich your warped lp between them and pop it in an oven. apparently, the record will flatten out, but at the risk of wrecking marvin, and your oven.
and overall that sounds really safe and practical. um… =)