Just something that's been bugging me. When playing some of the records I have, I hear quite a bit of static. I made sure that the needle was clean and wiped the record with a lense cloth so it looks perfectly dust-free but i'm still getting a bit of static. Is this because there are still bits of stuff in the grooves that I can't wipe out? or is it because the record is screwed?

You might want to make sure everything is properly grounded as well.

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try one record that does static it up then one that dosent go back and forth and if its constantly doing it on the same record chances are youve scrathed the record or youve got durt and shit burnt into the plastic (remember the plastic melts after you needel goes through it and when it drys up again it has all that shit floating in the air cought in it) anyways thats just my guess

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Originally posted by _-MIl0 (remember the plastic melts after you needel goes through it and when it drys up again it has all that shit floating in the air cought in it)

Um, are you sure that the needle melts the vinyl? I don't think that is correct. I could be wrong, but I have never heard of the needle melting the vinyl. It relies on the vinyl being hard in order to reproduce the notes correctly.

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Originally posted by Dirk W. Um, are you sure that the needle melts the vinyl? I don't think that is correct. I could be wrong, but I have never heard of the needle melting the vinyl. It relies on the vinyl being hard in order to reproduce the notes correctly.

I have heard of this. Supposedly (especially if your tracking weight is too high) when the needles passes through the groove, it is hot enough to heat up the vinyl to the temperature where it gets soft for just a split second. If you have dirt/dust/whatever in the groove, it can bond easily to the heated vinyl. The dirt gets trapped there in the groove with the music and you get that cracking/popping sound.

I wish I could find the website I read this at, but I do remember that it sounded pretty legit.

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Originally posted by opianstate I have heard of this. Supposedly (especially if your tracking weight is too high) when the needles passes through the groove, it is hot enough to heat up the vinyl to the temperature where it gets soft for just a split second. If you have dirt/dust/whatever in the groove, it can bond easily to the heated vinyl. The dirt gets trapped there in the groove with the music and you get that cracking/popping sound. I wish I could find the website I read this at, but I do remember that it sounded pretty legit.

yeah thats it, if you think about it it makes since since the needles passing through the groove the friction heats it up which causes it to get hot which melts the vinil for 1/28th a second. i think this is also why records deteriorate in sound quality over time

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