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by mkaic 4y ago
True, but I don't think the thief knows that the police gave them to me! Additionally, the DA said this person has a criminal history and may end up going to prison for this offense. In any case, if they did show up, they'd do so
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by mkaic 4y ago
From what I've read, the only potential gotcha here is that you might need to add in a phono preamp in between the turntable and the audio interface. But I am very much a beginner so don't take my word for it!
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by mkaic 4y ago
I think the cartridge on my turntable may have already been replaced, but I'm not sure. The previous owner said it was her ex's and that he'd serviced it when he owned it, and the current cartridge is a Grado, which I underst
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by mkaic 4y ago
I don't have the affliction (yet) but between the new cabinet and the 9 crates of records, my studio apartment is already feeling a bit on the cramped side ;-)
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by mkaic 4y ago
(author) This is a great story. Thank you for sharing! Others have suggested I should put up a post on Facebook/Craigslist/community forums to see if I could find the owner (presuming they are stolen, which I still don't know
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by mkaic 4y ago
(author) I suspect they tailgated in behind someone, waited for the garage to be empty, hijacked the car, then idled until someone left so they could tailgate out.
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by mkaic 4y ago
The US lacking basic regulation that Europe has had for decades sadly does not surprise me in the least. There are a lot of things I love about living in the States, but this kind of thing is not one of them.
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by mkaic 4y ago
I'm very excited to find some unique pieces to chop up! I don't work with samples too often, so I guess this is the universe's way of telling me I should start doing it more!
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by mkaic 4y ago
Don't worry, there's only one pricy modern record I can think of that I "have to have" — John Powell's How To Train Your Dragon score — and I've just ordered it secondhand, so I should be good for a while :) Th
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by mkaic 4y ago
Ooh, will have to give this a whirl. The guy who sold them to me was very enthusiastic about how well they'd served him over the years so I'm excited to get them wired up once my wire arrives tomorrow.
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by mkaic 4y ago
Thanks for the tips!
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by mkaic 4y ago
At the end of the day, I didn't care too much about price because they did good work, were friendly, and got me my car back! You're right, highly skilled labor like mechanics work has the right to command higher rates.
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by mkaic 4y ago
They're from a short film [0] I made a while ago — I made up an alternative alphabet to use in part of a scene and had it taped to the wall in another, and then I just never took it down! [0] https://www.youtube.com/watc
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by mkaic 4y ago
Ah, makes sense. I do music production on the side, so I'm really hyped about these even if they do mostly turn out to be trashy — "it's not low-quality, it's ~~vintage~~". Plus, the unplayable ones make great wall
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by mkaic 4y ago
(author) They actually arrested the record-dealer out of the car, so they do know who was selling them. Still possible that the seller got them from a middleman or a chain of middlemen though.
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by mkaic 4y ago
Wound up being ~1200 bucks because they had to fully replace the lock, the ignition, and the battery. Also because they charged me 120/hour for labor, but what can I say—LA repairs for LA prices! I also didn't spend time getting c
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by mkaic 4y ago
Yeah, they really add to the ambience of the space :P
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by mkaic 4y ago
The novelty is still pretty darn strong for now, so I'm planning on keeping them for a bit. I also do music production as a hobby, and am really looking forward to finding obscure/lesser known records and sampling them in my own s
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by mkaic 4y ago
(author) I think most of the records in this collection will need some dish soap and love! Some of them are pretty grimy.
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by mkaic 4y ago
(author) I've only tried out a few records so far, and that was last night when I set it all up for the first time. I didn't think to re-calibrate the turntable because the seller told me that it had been serviced by the previous
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by mkaic 4y ago
(author) I think your guess is probably correct. So far I haven't found any traceable ownership markers, but if I do, I will make an effort to return them. I suspect that the records may have been stolen from multiple sources given the
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by mkaic 4y ago
(author) Most of them are in pretty rough shape, too. Covers disintegrating, warping, dust, etc. A couple are even cracked. That's why my current plan is to hang on to them, catalogue them, maybe give a few away to friends and family a
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by mkaic 4y ago
Oh haha, I still haven't seen The Big Lebowski yet! I suppose I should give it a try sometime. Re: returning to the rightful owner — I certainly plan to look through them, but so far I'm thinking that most of them came from a reco
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by mkaic 4y ago
(author) Agreed. I wonder if it was motivated by them not wanting to deal with the paperwork and the (potentially impossible) investigation to try to find the original owner and return them. If I ever do find out who the original owner is (
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by mkaic 4y ago
(author) Yeah! I didn't know what those were, but my mom was able to identify them when I FaceTimed her to show her the collection. I might eventually try to find a way to play them.
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by mkaic 4y ago
(author) Yeah, as I understand it my car (a 2016 Hyundai) represents the low end of security. My original statement in the post was more intended to mean "why isn't this better regulated in 2016"
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by mkaic 4y ago
(author) This was my thought as well — honestly it's still kind of my thought. The best explanation I can come up with is that the records are stolen and can't be traced back to their owner, so they can't be returned? I'
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by mkaic 4y ago
(author) I'm also curious about this, which is part of why I was hesitant to accept them at first. Many of them have price tags on them and look like they have changed hands several times, which makes me believe they are indeed stolen.
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by mkaic 4y ago
(author) It was indeed a Hyundai, and I'm guessing its vulnerability is what motivated the thief to steal my cheap car instead of any of my neighbors' six-figure cars parked next to it.
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by mkaic 4y ago
(author) Not sure, I still haven't finished cataloguing everything yet! I might make an addendum to the post once I've finished that process with a more detailed breakdown of what's included in the collection.

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