AI saids Vinyls needs to be stored 90 degrees. I had mine at about 70 degrees. Thoughts?


I own about 20 vinyls (some rare DJ mixes or 12 inch mixes). Most of them came from the 90s. I keep my house in about the degree range of 77-80 (I am the type to get cold easy). I kept my vinyls in a milk crate. Most them were stored at angle about 70 degrees. AI saids this is very bad and they could have some warping. Any thoughts, please?

dman777

The pre-eminent work on this subject was done 67 years ago -  Preservation and Storage of Sound Recordings (Lemcoe, Picket, 1959).  They analyzed 10deg off vertical (80deg) based on storage at 80F without being moved for 20-yrs with little effect and they tested under the same 10deg from vertical at temperature of 110°F for 1000 hours, three discs were placed in the chamber at 10° off vertical at 110° F for 1000 hours.   See discussion beginning about page 35.  Short term (<20 years)  20deg off vertical (70deg) should have little effect.  

 

78sman, I think most of us understood from the outset that "90 degrees" refers the angle that the LP describes with respect to the shelf on which it sits.

I think AI is the acronym for Artificial Intelligence not Analog Intelligence