Warped LP's
Hey,
So, are some pressings just warped from factory?
I had purchased Springsteen’s Letter to You from Amazon (double LP) and the first LP has a very visible warp/wobble to it, although it sounded fine.
But didn’t like that and so exchanged it for another and this one also seems to have a bit of a wobble to it although not as bad as the first one (same side).
Since it seems to sound ok, I will probably just stick with it.
Amazon packing seems pretty secure and safe so I don’t think it is on them although who knows how they are kept at their warehouse.
But wanted to inquire if this happens time to time.
Thnx
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+2 baylinor.... Use my Periphery Ring Clamp on every album played https://www.vpidirect.com/products/periphery-ring-clamp
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@viridian - I was just going to mention 'Second Winter' (which I had then) as the first 3 sided LP I saw, but ya beat me to it... |
While I respect @slaw’s opinion on all things hi-fi, in the case of record clamps I have to disagree with him. Getting my first VPI table (an HW-19 Mk.2) and using it’s reflex clamp was for me a game changer. Using the clamp with the provided thin rubber disc under the center label, the LP thereby became intimately in contact with the VPI’s Delrin platter The sound of LPs on high-mass Delrin platters became the LP sound I love, remaining so to this day. My Townshend Audio Elite Rock table came with a reflex clamp, as did my HW-19 Mk.3 (fitted with a TNT Mk.5 platter and bearing, the former a thing of beauty!) and Aries Mk.1. I still use the Townshend clamp with the Rock (it’s a dedicated design), but have one each of the two BDR clamps (one the 1-pc. version, the other the 2-pc.) that I use on the VPI’s.
While @slaws concern about noise from the turntable bearing being transmitted into LPs by the use of a reflex clamp may have merit, that to me is of less importance than is the intimate coupling of resonant LPs with the LP-damping properties of Delrin. Speaking of turntable bearing noise being transmitted into LPs, what about tone arm bearing noise being transmitted into phono pickups?!
I remember a turntable being marketed quite a few years ago, notable in this related way: It featured a bearing/spindle design in which after the LP was slid down onto the spindle, the spindle was then removed, done so as to minimize contact between the LP and the turntable bearing (via the spindle). What a terrible---imo---idea!
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