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Sound Matters is the website for vinyl in the digital age. Welcome to our TH-cam channel for the best tips tricks and features to help you get the most from your vinyl hobby.
In our digital age, access to music has never been easier or more affordable. Thanks to the internet, access to the world’s biggest music libraries is just a click away. Anything from ABBA to Zappa can be streamed to our living room in an instant, but while this is great news for music discovery, it’s not necessarily the way to experience music at its best.
That’s what we’re all about here at Sound Matters - regaining a more authentic music experience in the digital age. We believe in the vinyl format as the best way to own music.
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In our digital age, access to music has never been easier or more affordable. Thanks to the internet, access to the world’s biggest music libraries is just a click away. Anything from ABBA to Zappa can be streamed to our living room in an instant, but while this is great news for music discovery, it’s not necessarily the way to experience music at its best.
That’s what we’re all about here at Sound Matters - regaining a more authentic music experience in the digital age. We believe in the vinyl format as the best way to own music.
Sound Matters is viewer and reader supported. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission* Thank you for your support!
*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases
The Best Christmas Albums: Festive Music for an Extra Special Holiday Season
From old-time classics to modern-day treats, these festive Christmas albums are guaranteed to brighten your mood during the holiday season. The temperatures are dropping and the decorations are rising; it’s the most wonderful time of year once again and you’re starting to feel the festive cheer. Merry Christmas from Sound Matters.
Albums Links (AAF = Amazon Affiliate Links):
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Norah Jones (AAL): geni.us/NorahJonesChristmas
Handmade Christmas: www.discogs.com/release/2509032-Bob-McNally-Handmade-Christmas-Music
Bing Crosby (AAL): geni.us/bing-christmas
Kate Bush (AAL): geni.us/50-words-kate-bush
Beach Boys (AAL): geni.us/beach-boy-christmas
Elvis (AAL): geni.us/elvis-christmas
She & Him Christmas (AAL): geni.us/she-him-christmas
Classic Christmas: www.discogs.com/release/7783938-Various-A-Classic-Christmas
Phil Spector (AAL): geni.us/phil-spector-christmas
James Brown (AAL): geni.us/james-brown-christmas
Annie Lennox (AAL): geni.us/annie-lennox-christmas
Jethro Tull (AAL): geni.us/jethro-till-christmas
Frank Sinatra (AAL): geni.us/frank-sinatra-xmas
Nat King Cole (AAL): geni.us/nat-king-christmas
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Albums Links (AAF = Amazon Affiliate Links):
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Norah Jones (AAL): geni.us/NorahJonesChristmas
Handmade Christmas: www.discogs.com/release/2509032-Bob-McNally-Handmade-Christmas-Music
Bing Crosby (AAL): geni.us/bing-christmas
Kate Bush (AAL): geni.us/50-words-kate-bush
Beach Boys (AAL): geni.us/beach-boy-christmas
Elvis (AAL): geni.us/elvis-christmas
She & Him Christmas (AAL): geni.us/she-him-christmas
Classic Christmas: www.discogs.com/release/7783938-Various-A-Classic-Christmas
Phil Spector (AAL): geni.us/phil-spector-christmas
James Brown (AAL): geni.us/james-brown-christmas
Annie Lennox (AAL): geni.us/annie-lennox-christmas
Jethro Tull (AAL): geni.us/jethro-till-christmas
Frank Sinatra (AAL): geni.us/frank-sinatra-xmas
Nat King Cole (AAL): geni.us/nat-king-christmas
Partner/Sponsor Discounts:
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GrooveWasher (Use code: SOUNDMATTERS10 for 10% Off)
www.groovewasher.com/
Twelve Inch (Use code: SOUNDMATTERS10 for 10% Off)
twelve-inch.com/
Vinyl Storage Solutions (VSS) sleeves: (Use code SOUNDMATTERS10):
vinylstoragesolutions.ca/soundmatters
Soundeck Dampening Products (Use code SOUNDMATTERS10):
soundeck.bigcartel.com
Vinyl Pursuit - Vintage Vinyl Online: (Use code SOUNDMATTERS15):
vinylpursuit.com/
#vinylcommunity #recordcollector #vinylrecords #christmasmusic #christmasalbum
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Ive never seen so much advice im going to ignore in one video. Very impressive
That aint laserdisc or cd. If djs would do that they wouldn't have time for beatmatching. Im new but vinyls aren't that delicate
Good informative video.🙂I am glad the cleaning fluid is ready to use with out adding anything to it.🙂
I tried it this way but it never seems to work particularly well. I run the brush straight to gather up all the dust into a line. Then I angle the brush outward. As I run the brush at an angle it pushes the dust down along the brush. I lift the brush and set it back down slightly further out each time, pushing the dust further and further out, until it's off the edge. Seems to work well for me.
NO it doesnt !!Blue is wayyy better hand down for both sound and longevity !
Can you recommend a ready made Soulation for a vacuum machine ?I am confused with all the different ones people suggestGood informative video as useal.🙂
I can't believe that these poor viewers are actually attempting a serious discussion on how to gently handle an outdated and flawed format! Seriously folks! Life's too short!
Best brush you can buy are ones from the 60s and 70s made out of wood with horsehairs
I got one for Christmas with a new album. For some reason , I can hear 2 songs at once , sounds kindof warped ?
No abuse I promise but I can't agree that a Crosley has a place. If you can't afford a £150 turntable you are looking at a world of pain when you buy your first record . For the record I have a Rega 3rs but that's where the good news ends. Have ancient Wharfdale amp and gale speakers. Which together cost me about £120. The most important ingredients are the albums. A crosley tracks at around 5g and skips more than Skippy the bush kangaroo in a skipping contest. You would do less harm using your precious vinyl as tea coasters.
How often should you do this?
Once when you set up the turntable and anytime you change the cartridge or move the turntable. But, it’s worth checking it occasionally using a tracking force gauge
Thanks for the summary! There is also a third (and fourth) variant. Laser based players that work like CD players and optical systems that have a very light needle and sensors that optically determine the position (like those old mice with a ball). Heard the latter, and it was spectacular. Neither system is cheap though and the laser one only works with black vinyl?
So is this any good, or is the Victoria better if you know?
I just on one and a two vinyl and on both sides of both of the vinyls at the same part it keeps repeating it's self and I don't know if it's the vinyls or the vinyl player can someone pls help
Beatles are overrated bc much of their music was silly pap
“Scratch the surface”.. lol
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Thanks! The salesman didn't quite explain it like that when I picked up my turntable and I had it all balanced wrong. Everything is up and running now. Thanks!
Enjoy the music! Happy spinning 🎧
Perfect vid thank you
Glad it helped
This was very helpful! I am a new record and record player owner! And I got a bit too excited when opening one of the records and I accidentally touched the grooves so now my record skips! I didn’t think it was the shipping or anything like that I knew it was probably my fault 😅, but I will definitely think about investing in some of these cleaning products!
Love She & Him (Christmas album or not)! While it’s much more modern, our home is a fan of Michael Bublé’s Christmas album - thanks for recommendations and Merry Christmas from Nebraska, USA! 🎅🏼🎄🎁
Merry Christmas 🎄 the Buble album is playing right now actually. Hope you have a great time and a happy new year
Lp's can sell in much smaller numbers than in its heyday but dollar amounts will stay high. For instance, here in Chicago back in the seventies, eighties, and part of nineties, I paid $5.99 plus tax for new releases. A single purchase of a MOFI one step with tax, $137.81, that's 21.4 records that I used to purchase for that amount or 25.7 records for the limited AP releases. Not to mention most used records of recent releases do not necessarily go down in price and may climb in value. And of course the twenty plus thousand on a table and phono pre. When I paused and reflected on the money I spent in the last eight years on vinyl; well I bought a nice CD player and frankly will never go back to LP's(new purchase's) unless I really really want it. 99% of my new CD purchases are used, typically fifty cents to five bucks. I had(having) a lot of Lp's digitized, the idea of having complete operas of performances I like and not the shitty streaming I typically hear in one continuous flow is fantastic. I see people owning records purely as wall art; Taylor Swift? I understand that she makes very good recordings, I've never heard one though.
oh to add a recommendation, we love anything by Herb Alpert and he has a Christmas album that is wonderful.
what a great list. I only knew a few of these.i can't stand the speaker music in the stores and I'm always interested in something different to listen at home. this year I learned about M Ward and now here I find out he's got one with Zoe!
Glad you liked the list! Merry Christmas 🎄 and happy listening
Can this be done on a iPad generation nine?
i got a picturedisc of Denzel Curry's "Ultimate", i cant stop playing it lol
thanks
i just got this. i turn mine on cause i set it all up, but the table doesn’t turn. i’m not sure why
Hmmm, perhaps a fault if it doesn’t turn on. Return it for a replacement 👍
Mary christmas 🎉🎉🎉Mark!!!!
Merry Christmas 🎄🎉
Great analysis, thank you! I have a quick question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How should I go about transferring them to Binance?
It is not very loud got my daughter one and we can barely hear it but when hooked up through Bluetooth its pretty loud so I don't get it
Thanks so much for this tutorial, love listening to vinyl now
Enjoy!
Check out this dudes link with the samples. Personally, I think it’s more than a subtle difference. There’s a lot more happening in the blue. More dimension, more visual.
It’s a great and simple upgrade 👍🎶🎧
I was just thinking about this. Ironically , I was listening through Spotify and stopped to watch this video lol. I love how vinyl forces you to commit to the whole album.
100% - love the irony of that! 🤣🎶🎄
Dodo's aren't dead. I walk by them every day. 😅😅
I'm on the edge of the fence to buy a Huminguru. I am going to experiment cleaning using only my vinyl VAC 33 system. I'm still putting together the "lazy susan" turntable and the connection to the wet/dry vac. I have a couple albums that seem noisy between cuts and one that is very noisy first cut. Very beginning of "I Want Freedom" Grand funk railroad. they recorded several starts and stops of the song because someone messed up and all of that waste of grooves is noisy. A lot of our problems with our treasures could be groove damage from handling or a bad pressing. I have opened "fresh" never-been-played...180 holy gram vinyl; and I see imperfections on the surface that are hard to detect with my ears.. I'm guessing that I'll get anal and buy the Humminguru and surfactant and use the Vinyl-Vac as a rinse (distilled water) and vacuum the rinse water off. First I'll listen using only the vinyl vac....then make a decision
I just use the "Vinyl" setting on my dishwasher. No fuss, No muss.
Thanks!
Hi. I have an 'old school' Dynaco preamp. I have a 2 RCA Male to 2 RCA Male Jack Stereo Audio Cable (from preamp) and a 3.5mm Male to 2RCA Female Stereo Audio Adapter (to PC mic jack). Could I use this setup and expect the same results as using a USB Audio Interface?
So which one is better cleaning with ultrasonic or machine like VPI ? Which one is more efective
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings: Its a holiday soul party
Thanks for the additions 🎶🎧🎄
Got mines a month ago and opened it for Christmas today and it didn’t even have the cords or manual. And ofc I don’t have the receipt🫠
Did you notice any motor hum?
wo uh ld you please keep your hands still.
The fiber brush I got in an expensive cleaning kit scratched up my records 😢 I'm new to collecting records and freaking out.
I have the red, which sounds fantastic to me, but when it wears out and time to change I may upgrade to the blue, as I've have got my moneys worth out the red
How do you know were to place the needle on the record
Place it somewhere near the edge and it should move to it i think
In our house growing up, Salsoul Orchestra meant Christmas to me - th-cam.com/video/B9V17HCM_Js/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUXc2Fsc291bCBjaHJpc3RtYXMgYWxidW0%3D
Doesnt make a difference that you can hear as can be done by blindfold test. as far as wow & flutter and anything else do the same blindfold test, wont be any measureable difference that you can hear.
Elvis's Christmas album was originally released in 1957, sir. Merry Christmas to you & your family & I've really enjoyed your content throughout this year 🎉
For something completely different check out Eric Idol's Christmas song
Will do! 🎄🎶