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Zipper vinyl jumps

Post by dadascot » Wed Jul 25, 2018 4:40 pm

I bought the zipper vinyl through Amazon and there are some jumps. Particularly on zorros ascenr. I got it replaced but there are similar jumps on the replacement! Does anyone else have the same experience??

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Re: Zipper vinyl jumps

Post by Si » Wed Jul 25, 2018 4:43 pm

Sorry, I have a copy, but it's sealed and I don't have a record player anyway ...

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Re: Zipper vinyl jumps

Post by wind_up_toy » Wed Jul 25, 2018 7:29 pm

I once bought one of the Night Of The Vinyl Dead LP's (Dragontown) and that skipped on my turntable. I got it replaced but that also jumped and the manufacturer said that they tried it before sending out the replacement and that it was fine. No other record that I had jumped and I've since purchased a new turntable and it plays fine.

In summary, weird!

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Re: Zipper vinyl jumps

Post by killer wolf » Thu Jul 26, 2018 6:29 am

last time i used a turntable, decades ago, skips were 99% due to the stylus arm/head being too light; my dad's player had a much heavier metal head and anything that wasn't a physical fault played fine on them. maybe try weighting the head w/ a lump of blutac or something as a test?
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Re: Zipper vinyl jumps

Post by Babysquid » Thu Jul 26, 2018 3:31 pm

killer wolf wrote:
Thu Jul 26, 2018 6:29 am
last time i used a turntable, decades ago, skips were 99% due to the stylus arm/head being too light; my dad's player had a much heavier metal head and anything that wasn't a physical fault played fine on them. maybe try weighting the head w/ a lump of blutac or something as a test?
Or adjust the downforce slightly ( might be safer than blutac :) )

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Re: Zipper vinyl jumps

Post by killer wolf » Fri Jul 27, 2018 6:23 am

had no such thing on my cheaper turntable.
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Re: Zipper vinyl jumps

Post by scotty » Mon Jul 30, 2018 3:06 am

I used to tape a quarter above the needle. sometimes it fixed the skip,sometimes it actually 'burned' a sound like a hiss onto the record that stayed on the record forever.

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