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

[Ron L'Herault]

I sometimes use a soft brush applied near the cartridge to "guide" the
stylus through skip-prone areas.

Ron L

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[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of David Lennick
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 11:28 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Record Noises - Identify and Understand Cause

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.
>

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