[78-L] Record Noises - Identify and Understand Cause

[David Lennick]

Before I had a wide range of styli, I used to transfer some discs with tracking 
problems by applying pressure with my finger on the back end of the tone arm. 
The entire "Spellbound" album on ARA was done this way...and with stopping and 
starting and splicing, since this was back in the tape days. I'd end up with a 
pretty sore arm.

dl

On 1/13/2014 9:52 PM, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
> On 1/13/2014 3:05 PM, Andrew Evans wrote:
>> DL wrote "Sometimes one side of the groove will be cleaner. "
>>
>> This reminds me of something I once heard but have never attempted: the
>> plausible notion that centripetal force exerted on the stylus will cause
>> more wear on the inside face of the groove than the outside.
>>
>> Solution (according to the something I  once heard): reverse the polarity on
>> the turntable motor and play the disc anticlockwise from the centre out,
>> using centrifugal force to get a good strong signal from the less-worn outer
>> face of the groove. Then play the resulting tape or file backwards, of
>> course.
>>
>> Is there anything in this? Or is it just an urban legend?
>>
> I heard of this being done with skippy records, but not this. The same
> results might be obtained by toying with the skating adjustment, then
> picking the best channel. I had one record so bad that I had to tilt the
> record player at a precise angle. It worked on a record the had the
> equivalent of Grand Canyon in it. Good ol' olde Garrard.
>
> People with a wide choice of stylus diameters would do best at dealing
> with blasted records. You can't put back what has been taken away, but
> if there is any groove left, you might be able to find it.
>