Guides – SRO Records | Austin, Texas USA

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Jan 6, 2026 SRO Records

What We Now Use for CD Barcode Scanning

At SRO Records, a lot of the work happens far away from the website. It happens on the floor, in storage, and at the packing...

Gear & Accessories

Dec 20, 2025 SRO Records

Sleeves, Storage Boxes, and What Actually Holds Up

Most record storage products fail the same way cheap furniture does: they look great in photos, feel reassuring when empty, and slowly collapse into regret...

Gear & Accessories

Dec 19, 2025 SRO Records

Static: Why It Happens and What Actually Helps

Static is one of those problems that makes people feel like they’re doing something wrong even when they’re not, because it shows up randomly, sounds...

Record Care & Preservation

Dec 18, 2025 SRO Records

How Often Should You Clean a Record (Really)

This is where record care advice tends to drift off into superstition, because somewhere along the way people got the idea that vinyl records need...

Record Care & Preservation

Dec 17, 2025 SRO Records

Storage Environments That Slowly Kill Records

Most records don’t die dramatically. They don’t explode, melt into puddles, or announce their demise with smoke and sirens. They just sit there, minding their...

Record Care & Preservation

Vinyl records stored vertically on shelves with protective sleeves

Dec 16, 2025 SRO Records

How to Put Vinyl Records Back in Sleeves (Without Creasing Them, Bending Corners, or Summoning Chaos)

Putting a vinyl record back into its sleeve is where most long-term damage actually happens. Not on the turntable. Not during playback. It’s the quiet,...

Vinyl Basics

Proper handling of a vinyl record using the edge and center label

Dec 15, 2025 SRO Records

How to Handle Vinyl Records (Without Ruining Them Or Pissing Us Off)

Handling vinyl records correctly is less about technique and more about respect for gravity. Records want to fall flat into your hand; let them. When...

Vinyl Basics

Vinyl record cleaning setup with brush and cleaning solution on a record

Dec 14, 2025 SRO Records

How to Clean Vinyl Records (Without Ruining Them)

Cleaning vinyl records is about preservation first, sound quality second. Dirt, dust, and debris don’t just create noise, they accelerate wear every time a stylus...

Vinyl Basics

The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour 146515727246

Dec 13, 2025 SRO Records

SRO Records Vinyl Grading Guide

How We Grade Records (and Why It Matters) Vinyl record grading is part science, a ton of experience, and frankly knowing not to lie to...

Grading & Condition

Women inspecting and stacking vinyl records on an assembly line at a record pressing plant in the mid-20th century.

Dec 11, 2025 SRO Records

Why “Mint” Records Rarely Exist in the Real World

“Mint” is such a beautiful word; it implies perfection, untouched surfaces, factory-fresh reality preserved against time magnificence. It also happens to be one of the...

Grading & Condition

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