These sleeves are nice no doubt. I have seen them before and appear to be the nicest out there. However the price is more than your standard record sleeve with extra bells and whistles to go along with it. However is it really worth to spend that much more on such a sleeve that will in essence still be a record sleeve? I have the gold colored sleeves for my records and they fit my records fine. I write on the sleeve with information about the record and the sleeve holds my records just the same. No additional scratches or deterioration of my records occur. Nothing against the disc-o-file at all. They are well made and will probably last for years. It is the cadillac of record sleeves no doubt however it is still only a record sleeve that holds your records just like the gold sleeves which are a fraction of the cost. This is similar to record cleaning solutions. For instance there are record cleaning solutions and clearner sets out there and then there is ordinary soap and water. A survey was done recently which shows the majority of 78rpm record collectors wash their records with soap and water. The solutions sold on the market will get pricey over time if someone continues to buy the same product, So to cut costs folks normally just use the most simple and easiest means available to cut costs. Look we are collectors and we like to buy cheap and sell high and use the safest and cheapest way possible. I guarantee most collectors will continue to buy sleeves from Bags Unlimited to hold and love those ever precious 78s and place them on shelves they made just for records. I will put that extra money I saved from not buying disc-o-file record sleeves toward a more important item that protects the investment I made in records...and that is to buy my expert stylus company diamond styli directly from Kurt Nauck. Now that is a great and important investment. "The Disc-o-file sleeves beat the ever-loving crap out of the Bags Unlimited sleeves, no contest whatsoever. Aside from the blank information box professionally printed in the corner (very nifty, handy for take numbers especially), they're designed and cut so that your precious discs never fight with the inside lip around the sides -- cuz there ain't one. And your records aren't exposed to that sliver of open air at the top where the otherwise-desirable handling dip is cut, thanks to the off-center notch Peter mentioned. They're far superior -- grab a free sample sleeve and see for yourself. If you could ask a list of collectors the one or two things they would change about conventional record sleeves, you'd find their answers manifest in these sleeve's designs -- and the paper is superbly heavy, dense, almost luxurious (I need to get out more), so you actually feel your record is safe.
Anyone out there with actual Disc-o-file sleeve experience wish to give opinion regarding its comparison to the BagsUnlimited sleeves?" ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. From [email protected] Thu Jul 5 17:51:48 2007 From: [email protected] (Richard Rubin) Date: Thu Jul 5 17:53:18 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] Where can I get covers for 78s? (on topic) In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Does anyone have an opinion on APSCO's sleeves? I've always been pretty satisfied with them, but perhaps I'm just not sophisticated enough to know any better. How, exactly, are they different from BagsUnlimited's, or anyone else's? This is a serious question.
