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comment by cgod
cgod  ·  4673 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Encyclopedia of Obsolete Skills
http://obsoleteskills.com/skills/balancingthetonearmonaturnt...

The thing that made "balancing the tone arm on a turntable," the cd player, is quickly becoming more obsolete then tone arm balancing.

At my work we have a cd player that hasn't been plugged in for at least a year, but the turntable is still used at least once a week. I take my record player in to get a new needle, cleaned and re-balbanced about every 2 years. If I touch a cd it isn't more then once, just put it on a hard drive and throw the hideous thing away.