RE: Warped records are so rare I hear true vynalists say that I wonder why such a product exists...

Yes, I think we have different views of what constitutes a warp. Personally, I dislike any kind of undulation on an LP and I always try to correct it, almost always with success. Warps that arise over a long period of years take longer to correct though.

I don't know what kind of LPs you have but if you were buying them in the 70s, 80s etc. in the U.S., they were always warped to a greater or lesser extent due to overly tight shrink wrap. I have even had CBS/Sony Japan LPs that were factory shrink wrapped and warped! They are completely flat now though.

During the late 1990s I bought a large number of sealed U.S. LPs from a U.K. dealer over a period and they were always warped to one degree or another. It was because of that I had to get a flattening unit. I have maybe 6K+ records and my unit is working every week for the last 7 years. In fact, in the near future, I plan to offer a service to audiophiles/collectors. Remember also, playing warped records can do serious damage to loudspeaker units. This happened to a friend of mine a few years back.

I would say that the audiophile releases of the past 17 years or so are less prone to warps (MoFi, Classic, Speakers Corner, Analogue Productions etc.) but even at that there have been warping issues with QRP discs (dish warps mostly)in recent times. It's the nature of the material I'm afraid, but happily it is reversible unless it arises from a serious manufacturing defect or from excess heat!

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Topic - Vinyl Flat Record Flattener - TGR 11:46:36 05/06/12 (19)

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RE: Warped records are so rare I hear true vynalists say that I wonder why such a product exists... - Monchi 12:36:30 05/07/12 (2)

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RE: Warped records are so rare I hear true vynalists say that I wonder why such a product exists... - Monchi 15:46:57 05/07/12 (0)

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