• RE: Cold, damp air - Peter Gunn 12:40:30 09/03/08 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Cold, damp air posted by jman66 on September 03, 2008 at 12:01:53

  I can't say what exact temperature, but I can tell you what I have seen.
  
  Maggies that were is basement rooms (ie, cement floors) always go both ways - The upper part of the driver in the warm room air tends to turn red and oxidizes, and the lower part neat the cool damp floor always goes green, gets gummy and delaminates.
  
  There is no question maggies prefer to be warm, and in fact humidity with heat does not seem to bother them so much. (as long as they are open to air circulation, if you must store them in such a condition never store them closed in the boxes, it's a killer) It seems about mid to lower 50's with dampness is when problems occur, and if you live near the ocean it's ten times as worse. (from Virginia up on the east coast, and from san fran up on the west) Again, warmer climes like Florida don't exhibit the severe damage the colder climates do even if you live right on the beach.
  
  I've also seen the problem be more pronounced in the Minnesota and neighboring states region as they have a lot of small lakes and a long cold winter.
  
  Playing them is also better than not playing them. If you ever see ads for maggies and the guy claims they've "been in the box for years and hardly ever played" expect to buy a mylar driver and sphagetti strings, because they will almost certainly be delaminating.
  
  

  
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