Lending vinyl to friends

[Hifiver]

Do you do this?

What if your turnrable and stylus cost many times more than the person's you were lending to?

 

[daytona600]

Nooooooooooooooooooooo !

 

[Integralista]

Noooo! But just among my two-three very experienced friends with good systems. They have large LP collections, it has a sense to try some other music which they have and is not in my LP collection.

 

[Cricketbat70]

My dad used to. He often used to tell the tale of lending an album to someone and when he asked for it back the denied having it (not lying just forgotten my dad had lent it to them). Any way months later my dad was at another friends and found the album he had lent to the first person, my dad used to mark his album sleeves so he knew it was his, anyway he explained the situation to the other friend and even bought it back off them. I don't think he ever lent albums out again.

 

[matthewpianist]

I never lend vinyl, CDs or books to anyone. I take great care of my collections, and some of the things I have are irreplaceable other than finding copies in equally good condition on the used market, often at several times the price I paid. These days it's also less necessary as a way of sharing anyway, because it's easy to recommend music by sharing streaming links (which may then lead to friends buying their own physical copies). There's also that quaint old-fashioned approach of having someone over and playing some records 🙂

 

[Al ears]

Do you do this?

What if your turnrable and stylus cost many times more than the person's you were lending to?

It's a no from me....
If a friend was particularly keen on hearing an album I owned I would invite them over to listen to it on my equipment

 

[Hifiver]

I have a Well Tempered Simplex 2 turntable, £1,995 with a £1,800 cartridge. My friend has a Rega Planar 3 with a £50 ish cartridge.

Is there a risk that lending him my vinyl will negatively affect the records or likewise, him lending me his will affect my cartridge?

 

[Al ears]

I have a Well Tempered Simplex 2 turntable, £1,995 with a £1,800 cartridge. My friend has a Rega Planar 3 with a £50 ish cartridge.

Is there a risk that lending him my vinyl will negatively affect the records or likewise, him lending me his will affect my cartridge?

Not really, assuming his cartridge is set up correctly and he knows how to look after an LP.
Potential damage has little to do with the cost of equipment it is played on.