mistracking can cause permanent damage

Posted by JKT (A) on January 28, 2015 at 12:20:32

In Reply to: Question about sibilance and mistracking posted by Mr Blue Sky on January 28, 2015 at 00:10:58:

When a cart. mistracks it looses contact with the groove wall. The process of reestablishing contact is not gentle and can result in permanent damage. I know. Some yahoo "borrowed" some of my records back in the day without my knowledge and played them on a cheap Dept. Store player. This type of damage sounds like a grungy distortion mostly affecting the highs in highly modulated passages. The inner grooves are particularly susceptible to this kind of damage. This was widely reported back in the heyday of vinyl as the reason to error on the side of too much tracking force rather than too little.

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Topic - Question about sibilance and mistracking - Mr Blue Sky 00:10:58 01/28/15 (11)

RE: Question about sibilance and mistracking - David Shreve 13:00:15 01/30/15 (0)

Or the records just sounded that way from the beginning - Biff 05:34:59 01/29/15 (0)

mistracking can cause permanent damage - JKT 12:20:32 01/28/15 (1)

RE: mistracking - escapist 09:18:09 01/29/15 (0)

RE: Question about sibilance and mistracking - SgreenP@MSN.com 08:26:42 01/28/15 (3)

RE: Question about sibilance and mistracking - John Elison 09:57:32 01/28/15 (2)

Quadraphonic? (nt) - 1973shovel 11:39:27 01/28/15 (1)

Ah! Good point! ;-) /nt\ - John Elison 13:41:40 01/28/15 (0)

RE: Question about sibilance and mistracking - Dave Pogue 05:58:38 01/28/15 (0)

RE: Question about sibilance and mistracking - BCR 02:55:43 01/28/15 (0)

RE: Question about sibilance and mistracking - jbcortes 02:15:24 01/28/15 (0)

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mistracking can cause permanent damage - JKT 12:20:32 01/28/15 (1)

RE: mistracking - escapist 09:18:09 01/29/15 (0)

mistracking can cause permanent damage

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