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Vinyl, "The Shure Audio Obstacle Course", Rare, and Very Useful
$110
This is a 1971 vinyl record that tests and hopefully confirms your turntable cartridge and stylus are doing their job.
Shure was a big provider of low and high-end turntable cartridges, and wanted to ensure that users were satisfied with their products, so put out an "obstacle course" record to run the stylus, cartridge and turntable through its courses.
1971 was a long time ago, and I was an early engineering student at university, and really interested in the technical aspects of getting good sound from the equipment of the day. I used this record to confirm a cartridge setup, and made modifications as I played this record and my other records.
Of all of the tracks on this vinyl that helped me back then, more than 50 years ago, was track 4 on Side 1, the Anti-Skating Band, which is a clear band of vinyl where you sit the stylus in the middle of and adjust the anti-skating on the turntable to keep the skating neutral, not swinging to the left or right.
For us audio nerds, there is a cartridge "score card" to try to capture records of tracking and improve over time. I never did this.
This is an extremely valuable vinyl record, high quality, made in the USA, where I grew up, and using its tracks will improve your album listening, bottom line.
For local pickup or agreed postage costs.
Please have a look at my other Gumtree ads. Thanks.
Shure was a big provider of low and high-end turntable cartridges, and wanted to ensure that users were satisfied with their products, so put out an "obstacle course" record to run the stylus, cartridge and turntable through its courses.
1971 was a long time ago, and I was an early engineering student at university, and really interested in the technical aspects of getting good sound from the equipment of the day. I used this record to confirm a cartridge setup, and made modifications as I played this record and my other records.
Of all of the tracks on this vinyl that helped me back then, more than 50 years ago, was track 4 on Side 1, the Anti-Skating Band, which is a clear band of vinyl where you sit the stylus in the middle of and adjust the anti-skating on the turntable to keep the skating neutral, not swinging to the left or right.
For us audio nerds, there is a cartridge "score card" to try to capture records of tracking and improve over time. I never did this.
This is an extremely valuable vinyl record, high quality, made in the USA, where I grew up, and using its tracks will improve your album listening, bottom line.
For local pickup or agreed postage costs.
Please have a look at my other Gumtree ads. Thanks.
- Date Listed:12/08/2020
- Last Edited:10/09/2022
- Condition:Used
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