u/Aggravate420

Just a little background: I grew up in a hip-hop environment, so I was always around friends DJing and digging. I loved vinyl—the feel, the smell, and the sound. I always understood the appeal; I just never thought I'd have the money to build a collection that really matched my taste (those records can get expensive, lol). Also, some of my friends are so serious about collecting and digging that I always felt "not worthy" because I didn't have that level of obsession (lol, if that's even a thing).

Well, my father-in-law said otherwise and gave me his entire setup. (For context, he was a sound engineer for 50 years and is mostly into classical music.) According to him, the setup is nothing special, but to me it's an absolute dream.

Just to be clear, I already had more than 50 records and other albums I enjoy, so I was locked and loaded, lol.

Anyway, here's what I'm working with:

Denon DP-500M with an Audio-Technica 10G cartridge

Onkyo A-933 integrated amplifier

Victor XL-F1 CD player (my mother-in-law used to listen to CDs)

I'm writing to ask for some advice.

I keep experiencing popping while listening to records, even brand-new ones. My father-in-law gave me a spare stylus because he thought mine might need replacing—and honestly, it does look pretty gnarly (I'll attach a picture). I also have the original Denon stylus, but would it be worth investing in something better suited to the genres I listen to (hip-hop, funk, citypop, synth-jazz, etc.)?

Would replacing the stylus really reduce the popping? Should I invest in a more appropriate stylus? Can you guys suggest me one with good cost/performance balance?

Thanks!

Hi!

As the title says, my installation keeps failing/getting stuck at this stage every time. I'm using a mid-2015 MacBook Pro Retina running macOS Monterey 12.7.

I was able to install both Homebrew and FFmpeg without any issues, but when I try to install yt-dlp, the process appears to hang. I've left the Terminal running for a couple of hours, but nothing changes.

The Terminal window shows the following command running on the up grey edge of the window (or at least attempting to run):

user- ruby -W1 --disable=gems,rubyopt /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb install yt-dlp > clang++

The line briefly flickers and changes to:

user- ruby -W1 --disable=gems,rubyopt /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb install yt-dlp > ruby

Has anyone encountered this before or knows how to fix it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!