12"s Sticking

eskay · Post by **eskay** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:22 pm

I hve started to notice that some of my 12"s are sticking on the record deck. I have recently changed the stylus, so that should be ok.
None of the records that stick have any visible marks on them.

It only seems to be some newer dubstep stuff that plays up.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is it down to the way the tracks are physically cut onto the vinyl? I think I read somewhere once that the really low sub can be difficult to cut into vinyl.

Cheers

eskay

kidkip · Post by **kidkip** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:42 pm

thats weird

sire · Post by **sire** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:24 pm

Sticking to the slipmat? I think you need to clean that man!

cure · Post by **cure** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:34 pm

If you have an image on your slip mat you should flip it over. The silk screen can stick to vinyl and it will rub off on your vinyl and make it dirty.

eskay · Post by **eskay** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:46 pm

Not to the slipmat. The track is getting stuck.

eskay

cure · Post by **cure** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:46 pm

eskay wrote:Not to the slipmat. The track is getting stuck.

eskay

thats fucked... did you check your weights on the tone arm??

struggle · Post by **struggle** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:49 pm

ive never heard of this happening before. don't think the vinyl is the problem here. do you have two tables? is it happening on both? can you physically move the record with your hand when it gets stuck?

sire · Post by **sire** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 5:02 pm

Centre hole too tight?

struggle · Post by **struggle** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:45 pm

Sire wrote:Centre hole too tight?

the spindle moves w/ the platter.

eskay · Post by **eskay** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:10 pm

struggle wrote:ive never heard of this happening before. don't think the vinyl is the problem here. do you have two tables? is it happening on both? can you physically move the record with your hand when it gets stuck?

I think I was shite at explaining this!!

The record keeps revolving but the stylus seems to get stuck in the groove and skips back on each revolution (so you continually listen to abouit 2 seconds worth of track).

Only have one deck so cannot check against another.

I have weighted the arm fully forward (max at stylus) and tried an extra (small) weight above the stylus - still skipping!

jtransition · Post by **jtransition** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 10:13 am

eskay wrote:
struggle wrote:ive never heard of this happening before. don't think the vinyl is the problem here. do you have two tables? is it happening on both? can you physically move the record with your hand when it gets stuck?
I think I was shite at explaining this!!

The record keeps revolving but the stylus seems to get stuck in the groove and skips back on each revolution (so you continually listen to abouit 2 seconds worth of track).

Only have one deck so cannot check against another.

I have weighted the arm fully forward (max at stylus) and tried an extra (small) weight above the stylus - still skipping!

Are you using Concords?

sire · Post by **sire** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 11:42 am

Try adjusting the anti-skating. With Stanton 500AL's, I usually set anti-skating to roughly the same as the weight when the headshell's at a neutral height. Ie. for a 2.5g weight, set anti-skating at 2.5. If you've set the weight to full or even further, try setting anti-skating to 0.

Not sure if this is 'the' way to do it right, but been using these settings for the last 10 years or so with no problems and my vinyl's in excellent condition.. Not even sure where I learned this technique from..

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