Comments on Profile Post by Azimuth

Do purists allow auto return? Or do they just lie back and listen to the clicking?

Turntables are in my past by quite a few years now, but those without auto return were an enema. Or athema. Or something equally nasty!

For my own purposes, I didn't get any convenience out of auto return. When the record side was finished, I either needed to turn the record over, put on another record, or put the record(s) up, anyway.

@Thad E Ginathom...you are correct, purists don't believe in auto return. I am no purist. And if done right, it will not interfere. I am just lazy and don't want to wear out my stylus sitting there spinning in the runout groove.

If it is taxing to take the stylus out of the grooves, it makes me wonder about the many other little tasks involved in playing records.

Auto return does seem to be a huge headache in that it breaks so often. This will at least avoid wear if you fall asleep or leave the room. https://www.needledoctor.com/The-QUP

<I'm channelling the me of twenty years ago...>

At least, the arm should lift off the record: the rest is optional. I have a feeling that the music listening of today is somehow more intense, deeper, more involved, than the digital world we will inhabit in the future....

...How many then will remember this deep feeling of musical satisfaction and peace as we bask in the afterglow of that record. If it is late, we might not even want to wake up! Is the way to ruin this wonderful experience digital? No, it is...

click... click... click.... click...