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Sound Bite Video Library

The Sound Bite video series offers short discussions on vinyl related topics lasting 2 to 6 minutes

WallyTools product instructional videos are available on each WallyTools webpage.

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#1: How to Safely Remove Cartridge Clips

#5: Stylus Cleaning Tips

#9: How to inspect for turntable self-noise

#10: What causes sibilance and mistracking?

#15: How to clean cartridge clips

#16: Why some audiophiles own multiple cartridges

#17: How to tighten cartridge clips

Helpful Tip Videos

General Analog Educational Videos

#2: Can a pivoted tonearm with no offset angle sound good?

#7: Is it safe to buy a used cartridge?

#19: Why do 45rpm records sound better?

#20: Turntable setup is NOT an art!

#21: What's wrong with Stevenson alignment?

#22: Pivoted vs linear tonearms

#30: Does a worn stylus ruin records?

#31: Record eccentricity - what is the cost?

#32: The most important location on a turntable

Between Cartridge and Headshell

#3: Milled brass or cured resin corrective shim?

#4: Compliant material between cartridge and headshell???

#6: Do not put anything between cartridge and headshell???

General Audio Topics

#11: Decoupling and isolation myths

#12: Listening Tip #1: Massed strings

#18: Listening Tip #2: Ignore the bass!

Listening Tips

#8: Tracking Force: Is Lower Better?

#13: Vertical Tracking Angle Myths

#14: Inner groove distortion: it is NOT what you think it is!

#23: There is no such thing as "Adjusting Zenith"

Lessons in Vinyl Playback Optimization

#24: What causes skating force? It's not what we've been told!

#25: Skating force in 9" vs 12" tonearms

#26: Skating force in IEC non-compliant tonearms

#27: Skating force in tonearms with no overhang

#28: What is lost if we don't use anti-skate force?

#29: How NOT to apply anti-skate force

Skating Force

Cartridge & Tonearm Matching

#33: Cartridge & Tonearm matching tables - stop using them!

#34: Cartridge/Tonearm "Matching" Is A Flawed Concept - Pt 1

#35: Cartridge/Tonearm "Matching" Is A Flawed Concept - Pt 2

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