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@east@kbin.social

Passionate about technology, playing music, and collecting vinyl.

Find me on Mastodon over at https://cupoftea.social/@east

OC How did you end up finding kbin? Did you migrate here from Reddit?

I was initially introduced to Mastodon a few years ago by a close friend and picked up on it quickly given the benefits of not having to deal with advertising, or being shown what a mega-corporation thought I should have to see through algorithms. I have since found a great instance over on cupoftea.social that promotes quality...

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Welcome! Interesting, it sounds like you've been aware of the project longer than myself. I actually just made an account yesterday here after a friend on Mastodon had started a few other communities/magazines. I am curious about Calckey and Akkoma so I will do some additional research and see what they offer. I hadn't heard of either project before you mentioned them. Thanks for sharing.

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Welcome! Totally understandable. Was it Apollo by any chance? I used to use iOS so I bought a lifetime membership to Apollo when it was initially offered. If I had to guess, I'd think most third party apps for Reddit will be closing down unfortunately. I've had a few issues getting this server to load up due to the heavy traffic it's been getting. Hopefully they iron everything out.

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Thank you, appreciate the links!

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That's cool, welcome! Glad to hear you were ahead on that one. I think the inertia is really inspiring. I hope we see even more niche communities adopt the platform and fediverse adjacent options as well.

OC Welcome to /m/chat!

Hello all! I've decided to start this community in order to create a space on kbin where people can chat about things they might not feel fit anywhere else. Discussion here can include topics that do fit elsewhere, however. The main goal of chat is to create a general social space for people to freely and safely communicate...

What Do you all use to clean your records and players ?

I got a Big Fudge kit with the velvet brush and I got to say its the best so far after 2 kits with cloths that just seem to get dirty too quickly. I think the cloths must put the dirt into other grooves of the records where as the velvet brushes just brush the dirt along the top of it and out the record....

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I admittedly need to upgrade! I've been using a large microfiber and some cleaning spray from Boundless, along with an anti static carbon fiber vinyl record cleaning brush from Opula. Both seem to do the job well enough, but I don't think carbon fiber is the best solution for a brush.

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I ordered Fidlar's That's Life EP from Diggers Factory back in March, with an estimated ship date of May that was eventually pushed back to June. The pricing wasn't too bad, but the shipping was steep to the US, at around $10. They've been good about keeping me updated. Thus far I've received emails updating me on the initiation of the project, the masters process before pressing and the initial pressing. This all builds up hype for the actual shipment, which I got a notification on this morning, explaining that my vinyl is finally ready to ship. Very cool. Definitely an atypical ordering experience that reminds me more of participating in a kickstarter than a standard pre-order.

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Picked the new Generationals vinyl up in the mail a few days ago. It's a beautiful pressing in my opinion, was one of 300 on white and pink with black splatter from one of my favorite labels, Polyvinyl. A solid release overall IMO, some real good jams on here. Hope everyone is enjoying their journey building a collection as much as I am!

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