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The questions you have with the record in your hand
No gear talk, no gatekeeping. Just the things that decide whether the copy you’re holding is the good one — and how to check them before you pay.
Is 180 gram vinyl better?
Not on its own
The weight is the one thing on the sticker that has almost nothing to do with the sound. Here’s what does.
What do the numbers in the runout mean?
Reading the dead wax
The only part of a record that tells you who actually cut it — and you can read it in ten seconds.
Why is the same album €18 and €55?
Same cover, different record
The gap is almost never the vinyl. It’s which tapes it was cut from, and who cut them.
Want it on paper? The free five-page guide is the short version of all of this — what to look for on the sleeve and in the runout, written for a shop rather than a forum.
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