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Perhaps the greatest lesson I've learned so far is to resist the temptation to play them too loudly.
When it comes to selecting the right loudness level for each record, here's the Valencia rule:
If it seems, from the noise of lowering the stylus into the groove, that the volume level is just right,
it is in fact just a little too loud; back it off a few degrees and it'll be just right.
And if you have friends over whom you wish to try and impress, don't.
(Do have your friends over; just don't make your Altecs do tricks for them.)
Bear in mind that, when you play your music system at unrealistically high levels,
women in particular will think you're an imbecile.