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[AMITNOIDA]

Hi jls001


I use Mofi inner sleeves for all my lps. They do not look like paper to me. Looks more like some sort of plastic. Even if it uses paper on one side, there is some plastic coating on both sides of the paper

I also use Mofi inner sleeves, bought about 350 sleeves from Sleevecity.com but they are costly. :sad:
Do you use any outer sleeves? I am thinking to put my LPs in outer sleeves to protect them from dusts here. Any economic outer sleeves available in India?

 

[sachu888]

I also use MOFOI inner sleeves,bought from needledoctor.com.These are three-ply, anti-static,(similar to rice paper).Back construction consists of a paper layer sandwiched between two sheets of high-density polyethylene.

Regards,
Sachin

 

[prem]

Hi Amitnoida

I do not use any outer sleeves as yet.

 

[malvai]

I also use Mofi inner sleeves, bought about 350 sleeves from Sleevecity.com but they are costly. :sad:
Do you use any outer sleeves? I am thinking to put my LPs in outer sleeves to protect them from dusts here. Any economic outer sleeves available in India?

Just got a few made...

working on a pricing... lemme know if you need some... it will help bring the price down...

 

[TaureanBull]

Just got a few made...

working on a pricing... lemme know if you need some... it will help bring the price down...

Speaking further to what Malvai said....why not DIY? Choose the right paper you want and just make it yourself. Will save lots of money IMHO.

 

[reubensm]

Speaking further to what Malvai said....why not DIY? Choose the right paper you want and just make it yourself. Will save lots of money IMHO.

+1 to that, I am going to make myself a cool 500+, once I'm done with my customer visits and house construction. I've shortlisted tissue paper for the purpose. Any thoughts on the paper type?

 

[gopib]

Reuben,

The best that one could do is "acid free paper". Some paper manufacturers do sell this, but I am yet to find one of them. Acid Free paper is what was used in the BSNL telephone directories of old. (Don't know what they use these days haven't collected a directory in several years now.)

I have also seen one gentleman using regular glazed brown paper (used for covering school books). He was using the glazed side inside and the rough outside.


Gopi

 

[Thad E Ginathom]

Acid-free paper is used by artists, picture mounters and framers, restorers etc. If looking for it, try an art shop.

Whether or not it is worth using it for vinyl, I have no idea, but probably every little bit of care for those fragile discs adds up.

 

[haisaikat]

this link may be helpful

How To Choose Inner & Outer Record Sleeves | A complete guide to choosing the best inner and outer record sleeves to protect your vinyl records. Paper, poly...

Generic Paper Inner Record Sleeves

The most basic inner sleeve is a plain white paper inner sleeve with a cutout to view the label. This is the bare minimum. The better quality ones use a heavier paper stock and even acid free paper. While this is certainly better than no protection at all, the paper can tear and does shed over time. Also, the simple act of sliding a record into and out of these paper sleeves scratches records, creates static and paper dust.

Because there are far better choices today, paper inner record sleeves are NOT recommended. The only reason to buy paper sleeves is if you are selling records in bulk and need to replace torn or dirty sleeve. Paper sleeves are not a good long term storage option for records.

Poly Inner Record Sleeves

Next up the quality ladder is the slightly opaque or matte looking thin polypropylene sleeves a.k.a. poly inner sleeves similar to what Polygram Records used in the mid 1980s for its albums. The better quality sleeves are the thicker 3 mil. variety which make them durable and easier to insert records into because they hold their shape. To make it easier to insert the record back into the album jacket some of these poly inner sleeves have rounded corners. Others are square and sometimes require one to bend one bottom corner to make it easier to slide into the jacket.

Vinyl record sleeves made out of polypropylene are a great all around choice for economical protection since both sides of the label can be seen clearly without the need for a cutout as with paper sleeves. Not having a cutout means less dust can get to the record. Good quality poly inner record sleeves give the best bang for the money and are highly recommended.

Paper with Poly Lined Inner Record Sleeves
This style of inner sleeve is a combination of the two above. The paper on the outside gives the sleeve stiffness and shape which makes it easier to open and insert a record. The poly lined inner surface lets the record slide with minimal friction and static. Get your minds out of the gutter please The only slight negative with combo sleeves is their added thickness which makes putting them into some tight record jackets tricky. In short Poly-lined inner sleeves are a nice choice for record protection and ease of use just watch the extra thickness.

Audiophile Grade Archival Inner Record Sleeves

The famed audiophile record label, Mobile Fidelity makes the ultimate inner sleeves for your vinyl records called the MoFo Original Master Sleeves. These super thin inner sleeves have a rice paper like layer sandwiched between two sheets of slick high-density anti-static polyethylene to reduce scratching and dust attraction. It's silky smooth on the outside and inside so this means the record glides in effortlessly without binding, scratching or static buildup and the sleeve itself slides into the cardboard outer jacket without snagging. Simply beautiful. Once you use these audiophile sleeves it's hard to go back to anything else. They are pricey, but worth it.

There is one thing 12 inch single collectors need to be aware of with these audiophile sleeves: only one side of the the label is viewable so you can't read the B-side of the label unless you slide the record out. Nonetheless, the Mobile Fidelity style inner sleeves are the best money can buy

 

[jls001]

Hi jls001


I use Mofi inner sleeves for all my lps. They do not look like paper to me. Looks more like some sort of plastic. Even if it uses paper on one side, there is some plastic coating on both sides of the paper

I checked mine. Your description is perfect. The paper doesn't touch the record surface at all. The paper is sandwiched between thin plastic sheets (the plastics sheets look and feel very high quality).

BTW, one of the worst vinyl sleeve type in my experience is the one made of thick paper. It is long lasting but scratches the record surface. Example - Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms 180g pressing.

 

[shaunak]

That looks very like a turntable that I had sometime in early 1980s, which bore the name "Akai" I think.

However exotic TTs may be, the basic mechanism, in theory at least, remain simple. Not so with these transverse-arm babies. It was a wonderful party piece, but, when I could no longer resist the temptation to look inside, a found a whole host of ICs and sensors that control the mechanism that moves the arm I predicted, correctly, that this would be the first item of my first all-my-own-hifi to fail. It lasted years --- but a simply-mechanical TT would have made that decades.

When it failed, a local repair shop told me that nothing could be done because of the need of one spare part, no longer available.

I wish you well for your restoration, and hope you will post more about it

Hey, that's the same problem I'm facing. Everyone I got in touch with say nothing can be done about it. Let's see, I'm not losing hope just yet. I really want to restore it, hopefully I'll be able to.

I have a thread to update through the process but don't have anything to put there yet. Hopefully, soon.

 

[Thad E Ginathom]

Hey, that's the same problem I'm facing. Everyone I got in touch with say nothing can be done about it

I'm afraid I simply abandoned mine, leaving it at the shop. If I had thought that, twenty years later, it might have provided useful spares to someone else, I might have added it to my electrical/electronic graveyard cupboard.

Good luck. I'll subscribe to your thread

 

[sixthsense]

Duplicate - Remove

 

[sixthsense]

Hi

I've got this Philips 533 Turntable (make year - 1970) with me. Got some old records which i listen to occasionally. I like to listen to it with the speaker it came with and have not connected it to my amp yet. I think it's ought to remain the way it is and i like the way it sounds.

 

[anilva]

Hi

I've got this Philips 533 Turntable (make year - 1970) with me. Got some old records which i listen to occasionally. I like to listen to it with the speaker it came with and have not connected it to my amp yet. I think it's ought to remain the way it is and i like the way it sounds.

Very nice. This is the same turntable, I have used for more than a decade while in school/college. It has a ceramic cartridge and is not kind on records. Tends to damage them easily. High on sentimental value though.

 

[haisaikat]

and on the right side of the catridge there is the lever which has to be turned otherside to make the needle point downwards?

I think in my childhood I saw several of these spare cartidges at my home since my father worked in Audio Q/C department of Philips and he used to bring home rejected parts / pieces for demonstration sometimes.

 

[Thad E Ginathom]

and on the right side of the catridge there is the lever which has to be turned otherside to make the needle point downwards?

<Strokes knee-length beard, and casts eyes lovingly back to childhood >

The early turntables after 45/33rpm vinyl was inroduced were dual speed. They also had two styluses. One had to flip the lever for either 78rpm or 33rpm. 78rpm styluses where much more chunky: shellac discs had, previously, been played with needles.

Later, diamond styluses were somewhat elite, so it is possible to encounter a "flip" type cartridge with two 33rpm styluses --- to last twice as long.

IIRC --- applies to all the above! I'd completely forgotten that "singles" were 45rpm!

 

[denom]

<Strokes knee-length beard, and casts eyes lovingly back to childhood >

The early turntables after 45/33rpm vinyl was inroduced were dual speed. They also had two styluses. One had to flip the lever for either 78rpm or 33rpm. 78rpm styluses where much more chunky: shellac discs had, previously, been played with needles.

Later, diamond styluses were somewhat elite, so it is possible to encounter a "flip" type cartridge with two 33rpm styluses --- to last twice as long.

IIRC --- applies to all the above! I'd completely forgotten that "singles" were 45rpm!

Did not know you were so 'young' Thad

:lol:

 

[Thad E Ginathom]

That's me! The nose gives it away

born a mere six decades ago, come July ... and I sometimes wish I still had my Dynatron record player!

 

[sixthsense]

Very nice. This is the same turntable, I have used for more than a decade while in school/college. It has a ceramic cartridge and is not kind on records. Tends to damage them easily. High on sentimental value though.

Well didn't know about the cartridge type. Can anything be done about it so not to damage my records ? Or I just let it play and forget about doing anything if it's too much of a trouble for replacements ?