Ideally records should be lightly cleaned before and after every playing using a cloth or record preener brush.
What causes issues with vinyl records.
As mentioned above a brand new vinyl record is less often the culprit of playback skipping though it is not unheard of.
Sibilance can be caused by many aspects of analog vinyl replay.
When you play a record the motion of dragging a stylus through a vinyl record creates static electricity.
As has been widely reported vinyl is currently enjoying two of its best years of sales in over a quarter of a century not only are more vinyl records being produced than ever before but these records also make up an ever increasing share of the total amount of albums on the market.
Getting a better record player by doing your research is the best option because it is usually the cheap products that cause skipping.
Luckily these issues can be fixed easy without much money and effort.
One factor that can affect vinyl records value is if the record in question is a promotional issue as opposed to a commercial or stock copy of the record.
If it is only a few recordings then sibilance is often casued by a bad recording bad pressing or damaged records.
Production mistakes though exceedingly rare can cause a vinyl record to become warped.
Vinyl s boom could be the environment s loss.
Let s run through some checks to see if the vinyl might be at fault.
And it s true some records are which is horribly ironic given digital music.
This is one sure fire way to cause warping possible cracking of the vinyl record because of the weight and will inevitably produce scuff marks and ring wear on the album cover marring the artwork.
Promotional or promo copies of a record are often identified in some way and they often have a special label that indicates that the particular records was made for.
A major music distributor has stifled vinyl sales for record stores and indie labels sources say record stores labels and even artists can t get a hold of their own merchandise.
It is important to determine if the problem relates to a small amount of recordings or many records and the condition of those records.
Some vinyl records are mastered with better dynamics.
The music resides on the sides of the record groove and is where a new stylus needle sits while playing.
Unfortunately skipping that is caused by visible scratches on the record will be very difficult to fix and may be irreparable.
Do a little digging on the web and you ll quickly encounter many forums debating the proposal that many vinyl releases of certain albums are mastered with more dynamics than their digital or cd counterparts.
