WOW Buddy, you are so detailed and meticulous in your storage of vinyl records!!! :-D amazing!!! Thank you for sharing your methods!! Very nice of you to give in of your time. May you have a lovely vinyl'ing journey ahead with your buddies! Warmest Regards!! and see you again, anytime. ~ ian.

hi Ian, I'm a hobbyist of preservation of old documents, valuable comics, archivist etc... so records are not too far of that, why? because records are made of paper too (artworks), IMO records should be treated like fine prints arts. Actually I want write a big article about all this, or make a video (I'm not have youtuber skills like you hehe but... maybe later). I like your channel a lot, best wishes ;)

John Smith My word!!! That's very, very striking! Preserving the vinyl records AND THEIR ACCOMPANYING RECORD PAPER JACKETS and inner notes!... amazing attention to detail and looking at the whole thing as important and not just the vinyl disk like most of us only do pay most attention too. Thank you for your contributions Brother. I have pinned yiur comment so that others can learn from you. And if you do ever make a video, update here too to follow up on this thread!so that our friends can see it easily on this pinned thread. Thank you my friend💪😄✌!!! Warmest Regards.

@@45rockinwax I agree!! Yes those rare precious records....a few of my friends (who are collectors of first pressings) keep them in a way very identical to how you'd do it too😄👌🎵🎶🎶!!! Thank you for sharing and catching up Buddy!!! Let's spin on. Enjoy our vinyl analogue bliss.

+Vinyl Eyezz It's okay my friend! Just doing my humble best to serve. You too! :-D Best Regards and let's keep the vinyl spinning!!!!!! Ian.

Vinyl Eyezz My two favorite content creators in one place! Magical!

Matthew Cruse Thank you Matthew! :-D every one just work to beef up the energy and engagement with our most beautiful form of music appreciation..... VINYL PLAYBACK!!!!!! :-D Best regards, Ian.

Question. What's the inner shelf dimensions on the new IKEA shelves? Will it hold a small amp or vintage Marantz receiever?

Oh yes! :-D Thank you for pointing that out my friend!!! Fellow vinyl friends here will get to see you post here and contribution. We help this international, warm, Vinyl Community... :-D Best Regards to you! Ian.

I have those on all my records. They are called Blake sleeves. Never had one stick to my records - ever (but I do set them down away from the record sleeve when I play one, just to be sure!). Lots of good advice in this video but I wish people would not call records 'vinyls' (or 'vinyl'). Vinyl is what they are made of, not what they are. I know I might be nit picking but having had a record collection since the late 1960s it grates on me a bit. Just call them records, or albums. :)

chesterfieldsnapdrag Those are the kind that I have. They are my favorite kind of record outer sleeves.

Thank you, Vinyl Brother🤗.

Thank you my friend, for catching up here too!🤗🤗🤗🍀

PipoZaro Gracias!!! Thank yoi very much my friend👍😄✌🎊🤓happy New Year 2018 for you and your family!!🎈🎉

+ericBdrums Thank you Eric... thank you... Together we will keep it alive. Shining, growing :-D Sincerely, Ian. Thank you for your kind comments, puts a big smile to my face and warms my heart. I also have my wife to thank for helping me and encouraging me along the way.

You are spot on Brother!! :-D Yes... things have changed and that sticky strip is nowadays never on the flap! Hahaha :-D thank goodness!!! Thank you for catching up Buddy! Great to see you again! Hope everything's peaceful and sweet for you.

Brother Chris... Thank you, again, for your time over here!!!!!!! :-D Really glad to keep seeing you and having you chat up with me, sharing your experiences with us. Yes - that Keith Monks!!! You have one?!? CONGRATULATIONS MY FRIEND!!! Wow new with anti-static properties! That is REALLY nice to HAVE!!!!

HiViNyws channel Hi Ian. I'd love to own a Keith Monks cleaning machine, though they're very expensive. My dealer does batch cleaning only with a minimum of 10 LP's I rarely do this as my chosen dealer is a 70 mile drive away, and it's expensive, but worth it. I had the original 1970's The Wall (Pink Floyd) cleaned, and it sounds better than my recently bought 180gram remastered copy in terms of noise but not dynamics. 👍

AH I See!!! : the 1970's original pressing The Wall! Yes that must be treasured!!! Interesting to hear that the remaster has better dynamics!! Thank you for letting me know! I will bear that in mind my friend...

HiViNyws channel Apparently Roger Waters & Dave Gilmore insisted on being present during the remastering process. It is enjoyable 👍👏🏻

✌🤗🌱yes my friend!...better to only trust friends whom you have witnessed handling vinyl records properly...especially those records dearest to you💪🎶🎵🎶🎶🎶 Warmest Regards and have a lovely vinyl'ing journey!

Thank you Rick :-) Let's all have fun listening to vinyl records for years and years to come! Best Regards, Ian.

Edward Barr Dear Brother Ted... i am very happy to see you again! How are you doing with your "adventures" here and there as well?(😄i believe there ARE!!! )

+paraparaguy Hi five! Simple, sturdy, nonfussy way of storing our vinyl records... Ikea :-D Greetings from Singapore, Ian.

+Ken R. Dear Mr Ken :-) Thank you very much for your kind support and encouragement! Really made my day!!! :-D Thank you. Sincerely, Ian.

+Ken R. Yes thank you for sharing us your thoughts about how it was previously and what has been lately :-)... we all have to learn... I did... from scratch too :-) I just want to do my best for the vinyl community. I took a long time to conceptualise and plan the shots... but I really want to transfer all my energy and passion into this... I really love vinyl music playback. Let us together keep the Vinyl dream alive... keep the Vinyl flame burning strong. It makes us all calmer, humane, kinder and connects many, many people across continents... making more friends one-to-one, face-to-face in each and our own local communities too... Amazing, the wholesome power of Vinyl :-) Best Regards to you and your family too my friend! Ian.

Thank you for coming by and catching up too my friend :-D May you, your family AND your vinyl-playing friends have a joyous and peaceful 2019 :-D !!~

Dear Buddy :-D you are right, i would not recommend liquid stylus cleaners...not good for the glue used on the stylus-cantilever interface. But occasionally, just occasionally, besides using the Onzow Zerodust, one may need it to help clean things up a bit. Hehheh!.... Thank you my friend!!! See you again Buddy!!!

Thank you Brother :-)!

+Chris Johnson Alright Chris!! :-D Congratulations for having well-stored vinyl records that also make the whole experience even more pleasing and satisfying!!! See you again my friend :-) May we keep the Vinyl flame alive... Best Regards to you and your family, Ian.

+afropunk90 Thank you Sir! :-) Best Regards always, Vinyl Friends!

italianbird videos thank you friend and welcome to the journey!!! 😄🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🕺 May you find lots of friends and analog joy!!!

Nayeli Gonzalez Hi there!!... Thank you very much for your comments!!! Such encouragement is vital for us to stay upbeat and look even further on how to better serve you guys and all of us in the vinyl community :-) Best regards to you and your family, Ian.

Nayeli Gonzalez But pardon my spoken English, it is not very fluent :-D Thank you for watching!!!

TheOompahRoundabout Thank you my friend :-D !!! Happy week ahead and many joyous years of vinyl listening for you too!!

+iTipRePort© Thank you for being with all of us in the vinyl community. Keep the vinyl dream alive :-D !

Mike West Thank you fellow Brother in-Vinyl!😄🖑 May you have wonderful years of vinyl listening ahead too!!! - ian

Thank you for your feedback and saying it out loud! :-D I really treasure your comment! You have also answered something which I wanted to ask any DJ for a long time: :-D how come you guys can handle the records in a less delicate way and yet the sounds are still great after much use!?! Now from your above comment, ... I know! :-D Thank you my friend!!! Very much!!! Sincerely, ian.

Probably a couple of factors: 1) we use needles made for scratching. I've seen a few audiophiles claim that turntablist needles like the M44-7 are not as high fidelity as whatever needle they use. Whether that's true or not I don't know, but perhaps a more high fidelity needle would pick up on the dust/grime on our records. Second factor would be that we scratch and cut and generally make a whole lot of complicated sounds which might also mask any imperfections in the vinyl. I dunno. Anyway I enjoy your positivity. Peace friend.

kendo512 Thank you very much fellow vinyl lover!!!

Hello Brother Andreas 🤗!!!

Hi:)

May you have a great journey ahead, fellow friend-in-Vinyl! - ian

Danthehorse Ahhh... wise way!!!👋😄 thank you for coming by. Warmest Regards Buddy!

Ian, are you on facebook?

Brother Daniel, thank you for coming to see me again and your very kind words🤗🤗🤗🙏💚🍀

Thank youuuu!!! :-D :-D I will be producing more educational materials. I really love vinyls because it encapsulates what music is about... friendship between all people of various creed and tastes... harmony and being human. :-) I really love vinyls. Thank you again for the goodwill and friendship! Best wishes, Ian.

Hope your friends are handling their vinyls better now ;-) hahaha... have a great day friend!

There is no such word as "vinyls".

Dear Denis, :-D thank you for your kind words :-D Warmest Regards and may you have a wonderful vinyl'ing journey with much precious music and many great friends from around the world who share you musical taste in vinyl. Thank you for your time again my friend. ~ ian

True I agree my friend🤗!! Dry clean is great most of the time. We just need to be diligent and clean it once before playing and once every other pkayed side😄🎵🎶🎵🎶🎶🎶...at least that's what I do nowadays. Liquid cleaning too much may destroy the glue that affixed the stylus to the cantilever. I stand corrected. Thank you for your kindness and time supporting. Warmest Regards Brother 😁

Brother👋😄, in fact I am very happy to receive your message on this older video!!! Thank you for coming by! Okie...regarding the Rega Exact2 cart. I would gladly help you along: it is a good cartridge, even in tonal balance and detailed enough to indulge us in the finer points of resolution/analogue magic and bliss. However, at US$600 per piece, I would say it isn't good value considering that a $260 Nagaoka MP200 beats it easily in all sound parameters and enjoyment💪😄✌🎵🎶🎶🎵🎶🎶! I hope this information comes in useful in your vinyl endeavours. Warmest regards and we keep on spinning records! ~ ian

Thank you Kerrie! :-D May you have a great vinyl journey ahead! - ian :-D

Andrea Di Donna Thank you Andrea....really grateful for all your time and support! Hope it helps new vinylphiles!!:-D May you enjoy vinyl forever. -ian :-D

Thank you for sharing my friend :-D!!! Vinyl lovers unite. Have a good weekend too my friend!!!

Buddy A BIG WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗!! I feel honoured to be part of the joy of a person in his first day of getting a vinyl record👋😄👍!!!!!!!! Thank you for sharing your joy and experience with me! Your PVC outer sleeve won't damage your record. Just don't subject it to excessive physical pressure on both sides...and you'd be okay😄

+dixielandfarm It is okay my brother, not being an "outer-sleeve" guy... :-D I understand how you feel about it... makes everything slippery(difficult to grab a bunch and pull them out) and the edges of the outer sleeves make the spine blurred out so you can't read the the vinyl album's name & artist easily right? Your part about having the vinyl cleaned and then using a new inner sleeve makes a lot of sense! I do that to used vinyl records and new ones as well... slotting my own inner sleeves as an indicator too that "these are the ones that have been cleaned."... because, how many of us can clean all records in our collection att one go, and since we can't finish cleaning the whole lot at one go, how many of us actually bothered to key in the database in our computer/ or writing down in a book of those records cleaned? Hahaha... yes to NEW INNER SLEEVES after the cleaning! Thank you Chris!!! Sincerely, Ian.

+HiViNyws channel Blake told me that his flapped sleeve he uses the foldover so you can see the spine, but I know others used it on the open side so they can just pull out the inner and never remove the jacked from the sleeve. While "his" designed sleeve is not nearly as sticky, I have had it stick to my covers when not being careful, so I just gave up on any sleeves unless the jacket is very fragile or super valuable.

+dixielandfarm Got it, brother Chris!!! :-D !!!

Thank you Jose:-D

Thank you Paul! I learn a lot from you too! :-) hi five!

Thank you for your subscription my friend :-) Hope everything will be useful for you here. Are you a new vinylphile, just started playing vinyl?gotten a new turntable? :-) Sincerely! Ian.

***** I've been collecting and playing for a couple of years now but recently got my hands on a Pioneer Pl 518 in good condition :) I also enjoy watching video's about tips on maintenance and storage just to see if I'm missing out on any good advice!

+xicanaaa Wow... another classic turntable!!! Hahaha... good good!.. PL518!!! It's nice to have beautiful analogue music emanating from a classic turntable with a wooden plinth. It oozes so much joy and makes life worth living...... phew.... don't you think so?!?!!! :-D Great to know you! No matter this little thus far. Enjoy the journey together in one big family. And, best regards! Ian.

Thank you fellow brother-in-Vinyl! Best Regards, - ian.

Thank you Brother Armien!... great stuff from your regular vids too! :-D Hahaha!.. Yay... You will soon need 2 rooms to store all your vinyls!

+cjmillsnun Yes my friend :-D Thank you for writing in!!! See you again, Sincerely, :-) Ian!

Thank you for sharing your tips my friend!!! Thank you for the goodwill and kindness. Sincerely, ian :-)

Szczepan Brzeziński Thank you Buddy Szczepan!!! I am happy to see you again👋😄✌!! Hope you are having a good vinyl'ing time!

Hi :) It's very nice that you remember me :) Of course, even now I listen vinyl records, and currently Dire Straits. I have already seen half of your films, I like to watch them very much :) Greetings to a friend from the other side of the earth :) ps. when will you make a new movie ??

Szczepan Brzeziński Thank you Buddy!! 👋😄 i am working on it now....will release the next video on yhe HanaEL cartridge review within the next 10days. Thank you for your kindness and support my friend!

You are very right about that my friend, sometimes I DO need to use tweezers!!! :-D Best Regards, have a great time spinning your records! Ian.

ah yes! We put 1 LP behind the front cover (between the 2 gatefold cover flaps), and the 2nd LP behind the rear cover. And we would use a sheet of vinyl paraphernalia that came with it, e.g. a lyric sheet or a photo sheet that came with the LP,,, further behind the 2nd LP as sort of a cover sheet between this 2nd LP and the outermost the plastic sleeve. I think you've gotten it right anyways :-D !!! Thank you my friend. Happy holidays and may you have a happy time spinning all your vinyl!!!! Sincerely, Ian :-)

Eskil Hesselroth if it is a 2 LP, then I just put both Records inside the Cover.

Pardon me for my English... and I am very happy to receive your kind support.. Very grateful for your time :-D May you have many great years of vinyl playback ahead :-D Our vinyl community is a warm and united one...we shall all look forward!!! Thank you my friend! Best Regards, - ian.

Brother Ivan :-D ! Hi!! It is okay!! Wow you have that "In The Court Of The Crimson King"!!! Thumbs UP!!! You have any Spin Clean, or any local record stores around you that can offer vacuum wash or ultrasonic cavitation wash? It would be good to have the latter work for your precious records :-D I personally use a method i bought from Japan that is most excellent,...but only available in Japan. If you are going there, I will let you know how and where and what to acquire. :-D Best Regards my friend...i hope you can settle this as soon as possible... Hope your record stores will be able to help!. - ian.

Hi! You can purchase SpinClean from your local retailer. It should come with the cleaning agents packed with it as a set :-) I hope you can get to resolve this issue easily! Hope you have fun along the way caring for your vinyl records! Best Regards, Ian :-)

Sir it's a Rega RP6 with Rega 303 tonearm and Rega Exact2 MM cartridge :-) !!! It comes packaged as one from the retailer, although you can also opt to buy each on a-la-carte basis. Thank you! Best Regards! Keep the Vinyl spinning:-)

Dear James, I get my sleeves from Roxy Disc House, level3 of Adelphi. :-) Both the thick outer sleeves and the inner sleeves (try to get the MoFi innersleeves, at $35 for 50piece pack). Best Regards! Ian.

+HiViNyws channel Cool, thanks!

+James Tan I guess you're Singaporean, my friend. I hope I'm right or else my directions for you would be futile:-D

+HiViNyws channel Right on :) I've been to roxy a couple of times but have been buying my outer sleeves from New Disc Village, wanted to get some inner ones though!

Ah..... :-D Miyamoto Musashi :-D

TO! watashi wa Rejā - samuraidesu. lol

Bernhard Michael Fux Hai!🙋‍♂️

szidon mcnulty Yes brother :-), the B&Ws have always been the mainstay in my main hall system, while the Harbeths did their duties in my room. I recently sold the Harbeths woops!... Thank you for appreciating my efforts. I took a lot of efforts to make this one :-D Thank you brother as always for your support and encouragement. I hope I can always improve and do better for all of you. Best Regards, Ian.

Hey Ian can you tell me what did you like about the B&W's over the harbeths, which made you sell them, I'm currently a Vandersteen guy. You didn't sell the Avid did you and if not what are the differences between it and the rega rp6.

Dear Brother Mr McNulty, it is tough. I do it short: I bought my SuperHL5plus in oct2014 happy believing 6moons etc reviews. Put them in my room system. Never did AB with my B&W before. Until Feb2015. I did. I shifted the harbeths out and did AB testing to and fro using same tracks and swapping the positions of the speakers to and fro. It was not easy. But I did it. Brother McNulty, my goodness... It was very painful for me to admit... after doing AB with B&W vs Harbeths in my hall as mentioned. I realised that Harbeths were atrocious. Read carefully: Harbeths lack clarity, details all muffled. Sound stage not believable. Extremely unclear. No palpability of vocals and instruments. Flat. Uninvolving. Shockingly poor. Guess what? Vocals sounded thin and scrawny. The B&W trounced it completely by light years in ALL parameters. Airy, clarity, pinpoint imaging, frequency extensions at both ends, vocals carry MORE WEIGHT and meaty!!! Just what a human voice SHOULD sound. Brother McNulty, ALL. BY MILES AND MILES apart between the 2. Come the interesting part: i played piano tracks. The Harbeths sounded warm and resonant and what seems like correct timbre as what so many harbeth fans bragged about. I thought, "how can the B&W sound better in ALL parameters than the harbeths but perhaps 'lose' out to the harbeths? Is this possible?!?" I checked with my wife's friend who is a piano teacher. Listened to her grand piano. And realised somethjng: on those middle notes and higher pitched notes/keys, there actually weren't ANY bass resonance and on the nd to higher pitched notes, piano actually sound thin. I went back to do the AB. And thus I realise : Harbeths GIVE FALSE bass resonances when they WERE NOT meant to be there!!!!!! The B&W gave the actual rendition of the piano. NOT HARBETH! It was painful for me to admit it, money wasted. I realised that Harbeths are just performing very poorly for their prices and had us duped into believing that those additional bass resonances are what is "correct timbre". Harbeths gave fake and false bass resonances when they are not supposed to be there at all. Awful speakers. POOR clarity. The Harbeth fans always like to criticise believers of other brands as being duped into believing that the clarity exhibited by other speaker brands are actually just "accentuated high frequencies" and that other speaker owners mistook brightness as clarity. No. The Harbeths in fact, are the wrong ones. Highly unclear, highly inaccurate. Harbeth fans also like to say that people like you and me who like vandersteen and b&w, etc brands, are enjoying hifi, while they the harbeth fans are enjoying music. Gosh. They are so wrong. We are the ones who are enjoying music and they are listening to hifi, speakers with colored sound.

szidon mcnulty brother I thus sold my harbeths very quickly in Feb2015. The older videos feature my Rega RP6 :-) which I bought in May 2014. I gotten my Avid in mid February 2015 and installed it in my hall system:-) , but I STILL kept my Rega RP6, now doing duties in my room humble system. I love the Rega too much to sell it. I am keeping it :-D. Rega formed a major part of my formative years...hahaha months...of vinyl analogue appreciation. Although the Avid has taken its place in my hall system now, I continue to highly respect my Rega RP6 and value it as the most important part of my music appreciation and hifi journey. I am keeping it :-)

Hey Ian when you get the chance do a video on how your system has changed and your impression of the changes and don't forget that Avid Video because many members are curious, thanks. I had a Rega P3-24 and loved it after the groove tracer upgrades, which are available for your RP6.

Hi five Buddy :-D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good for you, good for me!!! Thank you for catching up my friend!! May you have a wonderful vinyl journey, and an enjoyable RSD weekend too tomorrow!! ~ ian.

One of my friends use it as a divider for his room...and used to place many vinyl records within the Expedit/Kallax shelves! :-D He has since removed the records and placed it at another vinyl rack. My advice is not to have it free standing and stack with vinyl records...because if somebody accidentally knock into it, the whole shelf may fall to one side. You may avert this by having a bed pressing/supporting on one side, and having a sofa pressing/supporting the other side... so nobody accidentally knocks into it :-)... Best Regards to you Jeremy!

+HiViNyws channel Oh I see...alright I'll have it placed to my wall, thanks for the prompt reply Ian!!! have a good day:) Jeremy

+HiViNyws channel Oh I see...alright I'll have it placed to my wall, thanks for the prompt reply Ian!!! have a good day:) Jeremy

+HiViNyws channel Oh I see...alright I'll have it placed to my wall, thanks for the prompt reply Ian!!! have a good day:) Jeremy

+HiViNyws channel Oh I see...alright I'll have it placed to my wall, thanks for the prompt reply Ian!!! have a good day:) Jeremy

Dear Bro! Those boxes are from Crosley. I bought them off Amazon. Of course there are other similar models/brands around. Best of luck, and wise picks ahead for you!!! Warmest Regards, ~ ian.

Thank you for your feedback Sir! Yes the liquid can be used less often while dust is a more pertinent and common issue that those small stylus brushes come in handy! Thank you my friend for pointing us in the right direction too! :-D Very happy to chat up with you here... and may all of us continue to find immense joy with our vinyl music playback. Sincerely, Ian.

Foxhound482 where are the boxes from?

ah.... thank you! :-D Best Regards, Ian.

Maybe I should too :-D they add to my record collection thickness...and i need to tone them down a bit :-D!! Warmest regards brother!

HiViNyws channel A thick collection is a good collection! Also how much does the average new record costs in Singapore?

Roger that my friend!!! :-D thank you for your feedback and time taken. Sincerely, Ian :-)

+HiViNyws channel anytime! this video was very helpful for me as a newbie so thanks :D

***** Okay! Taken great pains to make this... so enjoy your vinyl records!!! And that beautiful, magical 3D analogue, groovy music and clear transients that we're entitled to enjoy!!!

***** Best Regards, Ian.

Hi buddy!... agree with you not to use the AudioTechnica solution every time, thus now i only clean it with the Onzow Zerodust every time before and after play :-D... thank you for catching up here Brother Frederick! Hope you are doing well!

Thank you Tony for your feedback and sharing with us friends :-D Sincerely, ian

Thanks for your comments!! :-D it was a gift for my stepson. The other one was a Bruno Mars vinyl record.

Dont be ashamed to have her on wax! She's awesome

Christina Gina Thank you Christina! :-D have a good day/evening ahead!!!

Vinyl City Yes thank you for your feedback my friend🤗. I have already stated the errata on the subject title. I apologise for my poor English😅.