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Vinyl Recovery

I have an average size record collection for an audiophile, maybe a couple of thousand records. But I find myself enjoying maybe 40 - 50 or so on a regular basis. The rest of them are there, but rarely played.

My question is related to the the length of time vinyl has to "recover" between plays. I recall an article 35+ years ago that spoke of the need to allow 24 hours between plays to minimize damage to the surface?

Does anyone have any information on the tine between plays to minimize damage? Facts to back up the requirement?
bpoletti
douger
104 posts
 
I read that same viewpoint and took it as gospel... A few
years ago I started thinking about how many times I had repeated playing lp's as a teenager and they sound fine now.
If your records are clean and your stylus is not worn it
seems to be a non-issue. I still wait an hour or so, and I actually don't replay most records in a single day...
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onhwy61
5,136 posts
 
You can set your changer on repeat and it won't hurt the record.
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gvasale
99 posts
 
Shure did that when they were reporting on their studies of what the effects of (elliptical ?) sylii had in relation to the tracking force/ultimate psi on a record surface. Rough memory says that about 1.5 grams or so (not exactly positive) equaled out to some 20,000 psi on the record surface. And something to suggest recovery time of 24 (?) hours to avoid permanent damage.

Time was late 60s or early 70s.
oilmanmojo
472 posts
 
One suggestion, if you are concerned, is to get a second copy of your lp you play the most and alternate play.
fleib
1,124 posts
 
Most of that is debunked, along with temps. "They" used to say 24 hours, now it's 20 minutes. Vinyl is deformed from the pressure, but contact is instantaneous. Same thing for temperature. VDH measured some tip temps, but they were nowhere near what was previously claimed. Diamond is an efficient conductor of temperature and gets much hotter than a patch of vinyl touching it for an instant.
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