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Hello, I recently just picked up an old pioneer PL-450 from a thrift store. Great condition. The only thing needing replaced is the cartridge. I am not sure which one to buy. Not looking for anything too expensive. But what would you guys recommend? The way the pre-existing cartridge attaches is 4 metal prongs in the shape of a square. I ordered one online, but unfortunately didn't do my part of research, and the connection doesn't work. Anything you guys can recommend? Thanks!

Il try to keep this short and simple! I'm trying to print some stickers on my printer on some Oracal 651 Vinyl, Both glossy and matte. Neither media seems to be absorbing the ink and is resulting in wet prints that won't dry and are faded. I've tried setting the printer to glossy paper and tried setting it through the printer itself and through windows. Nothing, Nada. I've tried looking online but nothing clear on youtube at least with my problem, just tutorials on how to print vinyl with inkjet printers. Any clues? Thanks!

Yesterday my 30 year old giant Sharp stereo system died on me after decades of good service. I wanna buy a cheap 2.0 pair for about 110-120$ for my pc and my AT LP60 turntable. I thought about the Bose Companion 2, the Creative t40 and the Édifier r1280. Which of these would you guys suggest?

I have an MSI Ghost Pro 4k laptop (here) and I want to put a carbon fiber vinyl skin on it, but I was wondering if, while using a heat gun (hair dryer), the heat could cause any issues. Thanks! Moosecoop

Ok, so it isn't exactly a build log as such but I wanted to share what one can do with cheap vinyl. Admittedly it isn't perfect as it has a few air bubbles in places (especially the back side panel) but the case was in a pretty bad condition before hand and this is a HUGE improvement aesthetically. So here are the results of my PC case now: Edit: I took the photos of my PC in the garden as I thought the wood appearance would look nicer with some greenery and light instead of my dark man cave

I have a Sony PS-LX310BT turntable that I got recently and I've noticed that my records are sounding slightly high pitched (not chipmunk sounding, just noticeable) and I'm not sure why. My drive belt seems to be in good condition and isn't twisted or anything. I'm not sure exactly what is the issue since it is a new record player but the past two record players I've had seemed to have had this issue. Thank you in advance.

Hey guys I just recently moved and as i was unpacking my records, i decided to listen to one and i noticed it was warped on the edge in one spot. i tried out another record and it was the same, and so far every record i have tried has the same warped spot, some far more then others. some of them play fine and the needle only wiggles but some of them, like the one in this video, skip back and forth. So somehow in the box they must have been sitting on its side or something? I'm not sure really what would have caused this kind of warping. I was just wondering if any of you guys had experience with sort of thing, and could recommend a fix for it. I have read up the whole squish it with books, warm it up under low heat and then squish it, ive read up people use irons and a little bit of steam through a very dense material. Just wanted to know what methods any of you guys recommend or have done with which degree of success before i ruin my records experimenting my self

( Also incase you don't know a cartridge is something that is connected to a tonearm and then connected to the turntable itself I expect you to know what turntables are at least are! ) The cartridge is something that dwells beneath the tonearm at the very end. The stylus, or needle, is the smallest and perhaps the most important component of the cartridge. It is made from a diamond or other hard material, shaped like a cone and suspended by a flexible strip of metal. The pointed end is the only piece that touches the top of the record and it rides around the spiraling grooves of the disk, picking up the vibrations which are ultimately turned back into sound. The stylus sits at one end of the tone arm, which is mounted to the side of the turntable and sits parallel to the record. With the needle or stylus placed in the outermost groove of the record, the tone arm follows the groove as it spirals inward, traveling across the record in an arc as the record spins beneath it. As this happens, the vibrations travel along a flexible metal strip and wires housed in the tone arm to the cartridge in the end of the tone arm. The cartridge receives the vibrations, which are converted to electrical signals through a coil in a magnetic field. The electric signals are carried along wires to the amplifier which enhances the power of the signal. Finally, the signals are converted back to sounds that come out through the speakers.

I was wondering where i can find a working turntable dirt cheap, like $5-$20, so I was thinking goodwill or craigslist, i've seen listings on craigslist as low as $50, which is more than i want to pay, so does anyone have any ideas or have any experience buying turntables from goodwill? i saw a post on reddit about a guy finding a working Technics SL-D20 (i might be wrong on the model) for $8. Was this guy just really lucky or is this a common thing? Thanks in advance for any help.

I was wondering is anyone knew what kind of vinyl DBrand uses for there wraps. I have one on my MacBook Pro and its held up extremely well for the past 2 years, but I have 2 devices that DBrand doesn't have a skin for, so I want to make my own. My friend has a vinyl cutter and owes me favor, they said they would help me if I could get the vinyl. I want matte black

Anybody know of any companies or ways to get a custom vinyl wrap made for a case? I want to do some detailed images, and I figured some like a custom vinyl print would work. Even if I have to enter custom detentions to a car wrap site or something.

I want to by a turntable and am in a dilemma over which one to get. They are both the same price, so I only care about the actual quality of product. I read that the TN is belt drive which makes it better compared the direct drive motor the LP has, is this true? How much difference does it make? If you have any other turntables to recommend I would be happy to hear them.

I want to by a turntable and am in a dilemma over which one to get. They are both the same price, so I only care about the actual quality of product. I read that the TN is belt drive which makes it better compared the direct drive motor the LP has, is this true? How much difference does it make? If you have any other turntables to recommend I would be happy to hear them.

An alternate title was Getting into the Groove. This might end up being a long journey, so I will recommend you to get comfortable. Comb your ironic beard, adjust your tattoo sleaves, put on your favorit playlist of bands no one has heard of, and grap your favorite drink from Starbucks. Let's do this shit! Given the fact that people keep asking about vinyl records on a near weekly basis, I decided (as the least qualified person to frequent this board) to make a general introductory topic about vinyl records and record players. I hope this will help at least a couple of people before it disappears into the ether in a couple of days, maybe it will create a huge discussion or maybe it will be ignored and forgotten forever. Either one is fine by me. It also helps to boost my hipster cred, so I guess that's cool. This topic will be split into four parts An introduction to records and why you might want to use an almost 150 year old format. An overview of the record player and all the stuff that goes into a player producing sound. A short guide on how to get the sound from your record player into your ears. Ripping your vinyl onto your computer 1. Records 2. Turntables 3. Getting the Sound Out 4. Ripping Your Records 5 The end So, we have both reached the end. I hope this have been helpful. And if it haven't I hope you'll tell me, hopefully, by using all caps. At least, I hope it has been entertaining. Turn in next week when I will tell the world of the joys of the 8-track and the glorious world of VHS tape.

I do tech for my college's radio station. We're implementing cataloging system. We have barcode scanners and the proper software. We were discussing how to manage vinyl, and I remembered some LTT moving vlog where they showed some scanners and QR code stickers. Considering the variability of databased records of vinyl and how often vinyl lacks barcodes, I think affixing little stickers like LTT's inventory system would be good to try out. Only problem is, I can't find where they got those stickers, or if they made them themselves then how. My google-fu has proved ineffective. Does anyone know about this sort of thing? Finding standard barcode stickers is easy enough, but those little QR code stickers seem ideal. Even general tips about cataloging and inventory are nice too, but those QR code stickers are the goal here. If I've created this post incorrectly or in the wrong place, please let me know. It didn't seem to fit elsewhere.

So, I have recently bought some vinyl skins for my graphics card cooler and I wanted to know if I could possibly put it on parts of my motherboards heat sinks. would it 3m unstick and fall off? would it ruin the heat sinks? I don't know.

So, I want to vinyl wrap parts of my graphics card cooler with red carbon fiber. HERE Can I do this? Would it overheat? Would it melt the 3m adhesive? since it's made for car wrap can I do this? No i'm not putting it on the card itself just parts of the cooler.

Alright, so i was about to play a record on my record player(a Sony PS‑LX300USB) but apparently i pressed the start button with a little bit too much enthusiasm. and basically the button got stuck in and it won't start playing the record anymore(stuck in a loop). I't a loose plastic button that uses a spring. i managed to pull it out, but just putting it back into its regular position doesn't fix it. I've already lifted the turn table itself to see if there was an obvious way to access the area of the button and i couldn't find one. I've attached a picture of the button Any suggestions for fixing it? am i gonna need to take it somewhere?

Ok so here is just a few questions about stuff, if you have any sort of awnswer please reply i have a Asus eee 1080PC in black, would it look good if i vinyl wrapped the cover with black carbon fibre vinyl? the Asus eee 1080PC has pretty poop 2.4Ghz wireless capability, can you replace the wifi module, if so what should i replace it with? i dont like beeing stuck with this usb dongle thats really slow i have a pretty stupid router with generally shit preformance, i was suggseted to get the Asus RT-N66U and use the crap router as my modem, is this a good upgrade or should i get some other router?(i will be loading a third party os on the asus router called asuswrt-merlin) will the aluminium foil wifi trick work on my pc? i know its suposed to be done on the router but i see no reson it wont have the same effect if i do it in my PCs wifi antennas. are there custom backs for the oneplus 2, and if so were can i get some? there are some speakers installed in my house, one in the bathroom(13cmx13cm) and one in the kitchen(12cmx19cm), and there used to be a car stereo powering them but that broke almost 10 years ago and now i feel like getting a replacement but i dont know what i would need, i was thinking of getting a newer car stereo to replace it with and so i can play music from my phone or laptop, is this a good plan? i want to replace the HDD in my laptop with an ssd, but i dont know were the HDD is and what SSD to get for it so help please i have a coupple of things that plugg in to your computer using the IDE standard(floppy read/wrighters and CD burners), i want to see whats on the stack of floppys i have so is it worth getting an IDE to SATA adapter or should i get a SATA floppy read/wrighter? I live on the second floor and my router is on the first and i generally have pretty poop internet here, the main problem being ping and inconsistancy, should i get a new router(like the one i asked about in a previus question) or is there a better way of "beeming" wifi or something to my room so i can then connect via cable in my room? or should i do both? is there some FPV drone thats 1: not expensive af and 2: not tiny? how well does a Geforce 8800GT preform compared to something like a 750TI? i have one and i dont know what to do with it so if anyone can come up with an idea thats not just selling it plase tell me. is there an affordable power bank that i could charge my laptop and phone on? i dont care if its pretty big as long as its not really expensive or atleast is good value. well those are all the things i came up with right now so i hope i can get some help with them, thanks for reading and thanks for any replies and any help

just wondering what everyone else uses when it comes to vinyl cutters thanks maybach123

Vinyl-wrapping my white NZXT H440 I haven´t really found anything about vinyl wrapping on this forum. So I thought I´d post this, maybe it helps some of you or gives inspiration. I just wrote this stuff down out of my mind, sorry if it´s in a weird order. So last week i collected some ideas out of my mind to execute on the weekend. One of which was to vinyl-wrap my pc case. 1 year ago i built a custom pc along with the NZXT H440 to showcase my interior. Though, i got bored of the looks. I have watched a lot of car-wrapping videos and stuff recently so i thought it would be awesome to do this with a PC case. Luckily, the H440 is a fairly simple case with plain, clean panels. So i went ahead and searched around on amazon for vinyl-wraps. Material choice: I didn´t want to spend too much money on something that i may fail at/i dont like, so i didnt choose some high-quality stuff like the popular 3M DI-NOC. I went for a relatively cheap black-carbon wrap with good reviews. After 2 days the (tall) package arrived and in addition to that i had picked up a scalpel for doing precise cuts (5 bucks). The materal is pretty thin, but cool looking. The surface is riffled, but there are no actual "fibres", which is expected at this price. It has some smell to it, though, the smell faded after few hours So overall this wrap seems pretty okay! First steps/practice: To be able to work properly, some equipment is needed. So i grabbed a - hairdryer - scalpel - ruler (not mandatory) - squegee (with soft material) - damp cleaning cloth I´ve never worked with vinyl wrap before so it´s a good idea to practice first, before messing up a whole lot of wrap. So i grabed a Zowie FK1 and tried to wrap it. I cut a piece of the size of the mouse + some extra material for curves and stuff. You dont want to have like 0.5 cm of missing material. And thats even worse on the big side panels of the H440. Bigger is better in this case. I worked along the mouse1 & mouse2 buttons until i reached the large curverture at the end. This was by far the most difficult part (maybe a mouse is not the best example to begin with in the first place) and i had to head up and stretch the material quite a bit. The streching and heating caused the pattern to strain, so be careful not to heat up the material too much. Eventually it kinda worked out so i took the knife and cut, beginning at the mouse1 & 2 buttons again. The lines of the body were easy to see so i just squeezed the knife inbetween the gap and cut along the line. But it became more and more difficult as i moved on to the curve of the mouse, ending up missing the gap and cutting at the wrong place (i´m a terribly impatient person) (which doesn´t really matter, because the matt coating of the mouse came off already anyways). So I removed the wrap completely. I looked around for a new volunteer for my devilish experiments. My eyes aimed straight at the Nexus 5 chillin´around there. So i removed the back with a guitarpick-like tool, cleaned the back and began applying the wrap. With the scalpel, i was able to remove the unnecessary protruding material easily. The most difficult part was the camera/flash cutout, i´d say. Things i have noticed: - Don´t overhead the material, it gets pretty soft - You get cleaner edges, when you stretch the material all the way around to the other side - DONT use your fingernail to squeeze out airbubbles or anything else, it will damage the wrap Wrapping the H440: My PC stands with the right sidepanel towards the wall, so minor flaws wont be that apparent when doing it the first time with the right sidepanel. I removed it, cleaned it and then cut a piece of the size of the panel + again, extra material (about 3 cm on each side). I removed the Paperlayer and placed the wrap on the table, with the sticky side facing up (which was a major mistake!). Following i placed the panel onto the wrap carefully...aaand there were wrinkles all over the place. Luckily I was able to remove the wrap without any damage. So I tried it the other way around. I partially applyed the wrap and removed the airbubbles with the squegee right away. Otherwise you would have to reapply the skin or make a little whole with a needle later on for the air to escape. Now, i had to make the edges right. I removed the extra material, until there was around 0.5 - 1 cm of extra material on each side left. Then, i used the hairdryer to bend the material around the edges to the other side. As i worked my way around, i always paid attention to straighten the wrap out propberly (not too strong). On the panel, the handle was defenitely the most callanging part. It is curved and edgy, having to heat up the materal lots of times and straighten out the material using the squeegee. Though, the wrap didn´t completely stick to the edge (see pic). But, it was done. the first panel and the look was pretty cool tbh. The next three panels were the more difficult parts. The left sidepanel having the acryl-window and the other to having 90° curves as well as front I/O. I also had to separate the plsatic part from the top and front panel to be able to wrap around the edges properly. Here are some problems i faced: - small wholes for the front I/O - Round corners/curves Solutions/Tips: - For small wholes, cut alot of slices in the material and squeeze a pencil or something similar through the whole. Then you can bend the slices around and stick it to the back. - Again, slice the wrap to about ~0.2 cm away from the material and then stretch it around the corner/curve. PICS: (i hope this spiler thingy works. Blame my Note 2 for potato-pics :c) Conclusion: Summing up, it was surprisingly easy to do, but with a timestamp of ~8h it´s a bit timeconsuming. Take your time! I did breaks, when i noticed that i was getting impatient. The result mostly satisfies me (well, the NZXT. lettering is not TAHT clean) and i´m planning to buy white wrap to skin the interior (SSD, ...), so i can call that build Oreo. However, thanks for reading this long, happy-ending story and feel free to ask me any question as well as pointing out any grammatical flaws (not a native speaker ._.). tl;dr: It´s cool. Update: I got myself some white wrap and just finished wrapping some parts. I´ll post some additional pics, when i´m finished painting my GPU.

Hey guys i just got a vinyl cutter and im currently working on some custom stuff for my computer. So i figured id ask you guys if you had a vinyl plotter and could do custom decals what would you make? Id love to see some pictures i might even make some of them for practice and fun. =]

I saw no vinyl threads so I thought I'd make one. Set up: Cambridge Audio TOPAZ amp Tibo mini-speakers An old Numark turntable, the Ion audio USB turntable range became a rebrand of these Last three pick-ups: And Justice for All original pressing from the Netherlands, near mint condition and only for £12 (£16 with shipping) South of Heaven original UK pressing. Sleeve and vinyl were in okay but playable shape, at least I got it for just £3 Appetite for Destruction, the one with the uncensored cover. This one is the UK pressing and I got it for £25. Anyone else got any good pick-ups and set ups and whatnot? EDIT: Can this be moved to general discussion please?

so i am looking to make a psu shroud out of frosted acrylic or glass and i want an interesting design on it anyone know where i can get custom vinyl designs cut

I wrote an article on my blog about this and writing it made me think more about the issue at hand. I am probably one of the few people that I know who is distracted or bothered by people spending so much money on a PC or TV or whatever else while either sticking with Earpods or dropping a few hundred on a pair of Beats without a care in the world. https://joshdoestech.wordpress.com/2016/02/11/you-should-care-more-about-your-audio/ I share my thoughts in more detail in that post, but I'd like to share with you a few horror stories that prove my point. One of my friends claims to love vinyl and believes it sounds great, and she wouldn't be wrong either... If she weren't listening to it on a Crosley Cruiser. I try and explain to her that she will destroy her records and that the turntable really shows off the worst side of the vinyl hobby, but to this day, she doesn't listen and goes on to destroy her overpriced repressings of indie rock albums. A friend of mine would not listen to any kind of advice that I would give on headphones, he really wanted a pair of Dr. Dre Beats even though the AT-M50Xs were cheaper and superior (I'm not in the M50X circlejerk, but it's a good example). I even try to give him practical information that shows that the Beats were inferior, but alas, he bought them anyway. Because what's an indoorsy person's knowledge of hi-fi and technology against the magic of impulse? Anybody else got other horror/success stories?