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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.

#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

#41: Where to start with WallyTools?

#52: Turntable leveling - The details matter!

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

#38: Should wood be used in a tonearm or cartridge?

#39: When is using a conical stylus the right choice?

#40: Is it possible to optimize a mono cartridge?

#42: Will Your Cartridge Benefit From Analysis and Optimization?

#44: How To Manage Record Clicks & Pops - The Untold Tips?

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???

#37: Experimenting with corrective shims for your cartridge

Vibration Isolation

#11: Decoupling and isolation myths

#56: Vibration Isolation: Why Choose Only One Option?

#57: Vibration Isolation In All 6 Degrees of Freedom

#59: Equipment Racks & Vibration Isolation

General Topics

#58: Record Weights & Clamps: What Do They Do?

#12: Listening Tip #1: Massed strings

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

#47: Listening Tip #3: Avoid psychogenic response

#48: Listening Tip #4: Revisit your assumptions

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"

#43: Proper Cartridge Alignment Isn't "Everything"

#45: Can A Mis-aligned Fine Line Contact Stylus Sound Worse Than A Conical Stylus?

#46: Reducing Headshell Displacement

#49: The only setup parameter we tune by ear

#50: Why do we require a cartridge analysis to own a Colossus headshell?

#51: Our top educational videos and the ones we haven't made yet

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

#54: Comparing Turntable Performance - Controlling the Variables

#55: Comparing Tonearm Performance - Controlling the Variables

Comparative Listening Tests

Sound Bite Video Library

Helpful Tip Videos

General Analog Educational Videos

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??? #37: Experimenting with corrective shims for your cartridge ​

Vibration Isolation

#11: Decoupling and isolation myths #56: Vibration Isolation: Why Choose Only One Option? #57: Vibration Isolation In All 6 Degrees of Freedom #59: Equipment Racks & Vibration Isolation

General Topics

#58: Record Weights & Clamps: What Do They Do?

#12: Listening Tip #1: Massed strings #18: Listening Tip #2: Ignore the bass! #47: Listening Tip #3: Avoid psychogenic response #48: Listening Tip #4: Revisit your assumptions

Listening Tips

#51: Our top educational videos and the ones we haven't made yet

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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

#54: Comparing Turntable Performance - Controlling the Variables #55: Comparing Tonearm Performance - Controlling the Variables

Comparative Listening Tests

#3: Milled brass or cured resin corrective shim?

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

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

#37: Experimenting with corrective shims for your cartridge

#11: Decoupling and isolation myths

#56: Vibration Isolation: Why Choose Only One Option?

#57: Vibration Isolation In All 6 Degrees of Freedom

#59: Equipment Racks & Vibration Isolation

#12: Listening Tip #1: Massed strings

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

#47: Listening Tip #3: Avoid psychogenic response

#48: Listening Tip #4: Revisit your assumptions

#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

#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

#54: Comparing Turntable Performance - Controlling the Variables

#55: Comparing Tonearm Performance - Controlling the Variables