Another thing you have to take into consideration is what type of stylii you're using, spherical or elliptical ones. I really love my vinyl so I don't scratch, I try not to touch it, I use a carbon fibre brush and elliptical stylii which I replace regularly. Now I'm a bit lazy to type out why, and it's well explained here: http://www.djedwhite.com/articles.html Oh, and good morning!
Anal Anya ; ) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 9:30 PM > To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: (313) vinyl burn (was re: best decks) > > > I've found that you always get this with certain qualities of vinyl, > except with Shure's wonderful M447s, which I can't praise enough. The > villains of the piece are definitely the Stanton 500als, which > basically cane vinyl in a horrifying way - though there's always > those little battery powered bus/car things that drive round your > record with a little speaker on their back, don't ever use these if > you want to listen to the record again. > > Through collecting old vinyl I've noticed that the quality of the > vinyl varies a lot with economic circumstances. e.g. during the 70's > and the oil crisis pressings became a lot thinner and peeps came up > with silly ideas like RCA's shonky 'Dynaflex' pressings. These thin > pressings, or worse still the ones pressed on adulterated vinyl, seem > to be particularly prone to needle burn. > > A bit OT I'm afraid (especially for a first posting - please be > gentle) but Richard started it. > > Dan > > > >while we are kinda on topic.....I wanted to ask about vinyl > burning and > >stylii > > > >if you've got old styliil can they damage your wax? > > > >I was playing around with two copies and repeating the intro > for ages...and > >then when I played the same record the next day the intro > was all staticy > >and defintely sounded damaged. is this vinyl burn? on some > stylli/cartridge > >ads they talk about this 'vinyl burn'.....can old needles > damage your wax? > > > >rc
