Unpopular opinion: fixing a turntable is better than any meditation app I tried

I was talking to a friend in Austin who runs a record shop, and he said "you can't zen out on a screen." He was talking about how people come in asking for quick fixes on their vintage turntables but won't spend an hour cleaning a belt drive. That hit me because I spent 2 weeks replacing a capacitor on a 1978 Technics, and I never felt more present. Has anyone else felt like the process matters more than the end result?

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bettym891d ago

Process matters more than the end result" is so true, I felt the same way rewiring my old Dual turntable last month.

grayw321d ago

Rewiring a Dual turntable is a perfect example. The process of stripping the old cables and soldering the new ones forces you to really understand the signal path. Most people just plug in a new cartridge and expect magic, but that quiet hum you get from old wiring is a real buzzkill. Its those little details in the process that actually fix the sound.