Brand New Vinyl Record Skips

Below are ten common mistakes that can ruin records and or impede their sound quality.

Brand new vinyl record skips.

As someone else said you should go to your local record store and try it out on their table or a friends. Dirty record dust grease debris dirty stylus needle worn stylus needle wrong tracking force. Vinyl records are treasures to enjoy but one must treat them with care as they are very fragile and easily damaged. I have a crosley it was a gift and bought arcade fire s reflektor brand new.

The first is when there is insufficient pressure on the arm itself causing the needle to jump from place to place. I ve had similar issues with brand new albums skipping on my rega. Production mistakes though exceedingly rare can cause a vinyl record to become warped. The first is when there is insufficient pressure on the arm itself causing the needle to jump to place to place.

As mentioned above a brand new vinyl record is less often the culprit of playback skipping though it is not unheard of. The problem can be the record itself or have something to do with the turntable record player and how it s set up. I have a pro jet back east that i m bringing home after christmas. Same thing happened to me.

Written by bernard f. Old records seem to play fine. The balance to the arm or stylus cartridge. If your record is scratched or damaged then it may not be possible to address the underlying problem.

Try taping a penny to the tonearm of the record player and seeing if the added weight prevents any further skipping. The 11 main reasons why records skip are. Not only does it always skip in the same spot the record sounds like shit. So why do records skip.

A scratch means the vinyl was damaged and it may skip as a result. The cause of record skipping usually boils down to a couple of different types of problems. Very rarely when buying new vinyl does it actually come damaged or is a. Let s run through some checks to see if the vinyl might be at fault.

Stop using your shaky hand to. Back in the old days a quick fix for this problem was to affix a penny nickle or other small coin to the top of the arm where the needle is in order to add some extra weight and pressure where the needle touches the grooves. Both new and old records can skip. It still happens and usually it s due to pressing issue or a dirty record.