So... What oiled your gears today?

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[blurredman]

Indeed. If I had to get a replacement needle for a turntable from decades ago- it's unlikely i'd get a needle made from then but a reproduction anyway.
And- even more so is the amount of cheap needles being distributed many years ago when vinyls were one of the only ways to buy musak.
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CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S, 1979 MZ TS150.
Current: 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 18k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 10k, 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (295cc) - 40k, 1989 MZ ETZ251 - 50k.

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its not the needles that id worry about but the arms that they are attached to.
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Moto Guzzi V7.