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Error1355 12/21/18 1:16:03 PM #1:	I've started to notice a lot of static now that we're deeper into winter/cold weather, and I think it's attributing to a lot of the crackling I've been getting lately. (Hopefully not an issue with my needle or something though. >_>) I hear some types of mats can help prevent static from building up as much, plus can help make the actual record sound better in general apparently. Plus I think that one that came with the AT LP120-USB I got looks/feels cheap as shit and seems like it's not even flat. >_> Anyone have any suggestions? --- Welcome home, shed your skin and expose your bones. Take my hand, follow us into the black so far that we can't get back. <cite>Error1355 posted [p:914502586] in I think I ... [t:77322791]...</cite> <quote>I've started to notice a lot of static now that we're deeper into winter/cold weather, and I think it's attributing to a lot of the crackling I've been getting lately. (Hopefully not an issue with my needle or something though. >_>) I hear some types of mats can help prevent static from building up as much, plus can help make the actual record sound better in general apparently. Plus I think that one that came with the AT LP120-USB I got looks/feels cheap as shit and seems like it's not even flat. >_> Anyone have any suggestions?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
iWillBeHOTHkage 12/21/18 1:16:36 PM #2:	You need better taste in music to make it worth it --- http://error1355.com/ce/iWillBeHOTHkage.html https://i.redd.it/0m6iodmmlwv11.png <cite>iWillBeHOTHkage posted [p:914502614] in I think I ... [t:77322791]...</cite> <quote>You need better taste in music to make it worth it</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CommonStar 12/21/18 1:18:32 PM #3:	Do you have a cover for your turntable? Have you cleaned your vinyls? Dust particles could be the cause. <cite>CommonStar posted [p:914502708] in I think I ... [t:77322791]...</cite> <quote>Do you have a cover for your turntable? Have you cleaned your vinyls? Dust particles could be the cause.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
prettyprincess 12/21/18 1:19:12 PM #4:	idk I think the at lp120 is great and havent run into that myself so it could be a more specific issue but it also doesnt ever get cold here really --- And in an infinite regress, tell me, why is the pain of birth lighter borne than the pain of death? <cite>prettyprincess posted [p:914502746] in I think I ... [t:77322791]...</cite> <quote>idk I think the at lp120 is great and havent run into that myself so it could be a more specific issue but it also doesnt ever get cold here really</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bluffnix 12/21/18 1:23:35 PM #5:	I use a cork mat for my turntable and dont have any issues with static. shrug <cite>Bluffnix posted [p:914502971] in I think I ... [t:77322791]...</cite> <quote>I use a cork mat for my turntable and dont have any issues with static. shrug</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Uncle Choad 12/21/18 1:28:42 PM #6:	TC obviously isn't listening to Steely Dan if he's getting any static. --- Oden ska fa sin hamnd. Jag ska doda er alla, sen ska jag dricka mjod med honom. <cite>Uncle Choad posted [p:914503221] in I think I ... [t:77322791]...</cite> <quote>TC obviously isn't listening to Steely Dan if he's getting any static.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Error1355 12/21/18 1:30:57 PM #7:	@iWillBeHOTHkage posted... You need better taste in music to make it worth it http://porn.soccer/thing.jpg @CommonStar posted... Do you have a cover for your turntable? Have you cleaned your vinyls? Dust particles could be the cause. Yeah I have the cover on all the time. I do use a vinyl brush but I'm looking into maybe finding a good wet cleaning process. >_> @Bluffnix posted... I use a cork mat for my turntable and dont have any issues with static. shrug I was looking into cork based on research. --- Welcome home, shed your skin and expose your bones. Take my hand, follow us into the black so far that we can't get back. <cite>Error1355 posted [p:914503332] in I think I ... [t:77322791]...</cite> <quote><cite>@iWillBeHOTHkage posted...</cite> <quote>You need better taste in music to make it worth it</quote> http://porn.soccer/thing.jpg <cite>@CommonStar posted...</cite> <quote>Do you have a cover for your turntable? Have you cleaned your vinyls? Dust particles could be the cause.</quote> Yeah I have the cover on all the time. I do use a vinyl brush but I'm looking into maybe finding a good wet cleaning process. >_> <cite>@Bluffnix posted...</cite> <quote>I use a cork mat for my turntable and dont have any issues with static. shrug</quote> I was looking into cork based on research.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ArchiePeck 12/21/18 1:33:27 PM #8:	How often do you replace your stylus? <cite>ArchiePeck posted [p:914503435] in I think I ... [t:77322791]...</cite> <quote>How often do you replace your stylus?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Giant_Aspirin 12/21/18 1:34:57 PM #9:	Error1355 posted... iWillBeHOTHkage posted... You need better taste in music to make it worth it http://porn.soccer/thing.jpg you should just mod the message right now --- Playing: Octopath Traveler, Soul Calibur VI, Smash Ultimate, Dead Cells (~);} - I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up - {;(~) <cite>Giant_Aspirin posted [p:914503506] in I think I ... [t:77322791]...</cite> <quote><cite>Error1355 posted...</cite> <quote>iWillBeHOTHkage posted... You need better taste in music to make it worth it http://porn.soccer/thing.jpg </quote> you should just mod the message right now</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Error1355 12/21/18 1:37:55 PM #10:	@ArchiePeck posted... How often do you replace your stylus? I just got my player in October. So it shouldn't be that I'd hope. >_> --- Welcome home, shed your skin and expose your bones. Take my hand, follow us into the black so far that we can't get back. <cite>Error1355 posted [p:914503634] in I think I ... [t:77322791]...</cite> <quote><cite>@ArchiePeck posted...</cite> <quote>How often do you replace your stylus?</quote> I just got my player in October. So it shouldn't be that I'd hope. >_></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ArchiePeck 12/21/18 1:38:55 PM #11:	Error1355 posted... @ArchiePeck posted... How often do you replace your stylus? I just got my player in October. So it shouldn't be that I'd hope. >_> Yeah that should be totally fine then! <cite>ArchiePeck posted [p:914503682] in I think I ... [t:77322791]...</cite> <quote><cite>Error1355 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>@ArchiePeck posted...</cite> <quote>How often do you replace your stylus?</quote> I just got my player in October. So it shouldn't be that I'd hope. >_></quote> Yeah that should be totally fine then!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Uncle Choad 12/21/18 1:38:56 PM #12:	Error1355 posted... @ArchiePeck posted... How often do you replace your stylus? I just got my player in October. So it shouldn't be that I'd hope. >_> Usually with a brand new stylus you'll hear more static for a little while. Picks up more dust and shit cause the tip is balls deep. --- Oden ska fa sin hamnd. Jag ska doda er alla, sen ska jag dricka mjod med honom. <cite>Uncle Choad posted [p:914503684] in I think I ... [t:77322791]...</cite> <quote><cite>Error1355 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>@ArchiePeck posted...</cite> <quote>How often do you replace your stylus?</quote> I just got my player in October. So it shouldn't be that I'd hope. >_></quote> Usually with a brand new stylus you'll hear more static for a little while. Picks up more dust and shit cause the tip is balls deep.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CommonStar 12/21/18 1:41:22 PM #13:	Do the crackles happen in the same spots? Are these fairly new vinyls? Sometimes you just have to play them a few times from beginning to end before they sound better. <cite>CommonStar posted [p:914503792] in I think I ... [t:77322791]...</cite> <quote>Do the crackles happen in the same spots? Are these fairly new vinyls? Sometimes you just have to play them a few times from beginning to end before they sound better.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
billcom6 12/21/18 1:47:04 PM #14:	I don't use a mat at all shrugs --- //constant loneliness// --- Steam and Fortnite: billcom6 My Teams: The Ohio State Buckeyes, New York Yankees, Buffalo Bills, The CBJ, Cavs <cite>billcom6 posted [p:914504047] in I think I ... [t:77322791]...</cite> <quote>I don't use a mat at all shrugs</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Error1355 12/21/18 2:04:47 PM #15:	@Uncle Choad posted... Usually with a brand new stylus you'll hear more static for a little while. Picks up more dust and shit cause the tip is balls deep. That's good to know. I'll stop from overly freaking out about it, but still try to clean my records. >_> @CommonStar posted... Do the crackles happen in the same spots? Are these fairly new vinyls? Sometimes you just have to play them a few times from beginning to end before they sound better. Most of them are 'new', but the one that I noticed the most on was a used one that was advertised to me as 'played once'. It was very dusty and took a hell of a lot of work to get the dust off of it so that's probably why it's been the worst of them all. Just being paranoid. =p @billcom6 posted... I don't use a mat at all shrugs The platter on my player is just metal, probably a bad idea for me. --- Welcome home, shed your skin and expose your bones. Take my hand, follow us into the black so far that we can't get back. <cite>Error1355 posted [p:914504836] in I think I ... [t:77322791]...</cite> <quote><cite>@Uncle Choad posted...</cite> <quote>Usually with a brand new stylus you'll hear more static for a little while. Picks up more dust and shit cause the tip is balls deep.</quote> That's good to know. I'll stop from overly freaking out about it, but still try to clean my records. >_> <cite>@CommonStar posted...</cite> <quote>Do the crackles happen in the same spots? Are these fairly new vinyls? Sometimes you just have to play them a few times from beginning to end before they sound better.</quote> Most of them are 'new', but the one that I noticed the most on was a used one that was advertised to me as 'played once'. It was very dusty and took a hell of a lot of work to get the dust off of it so that's probably why it's been the worst of them all. Just being paranoid. =p <cite>@billcom6 posted...</cite> <quote>I don't use a mat at all shrugs</quote> The platter on my player is just metal, probably a bad idea for me.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Uncle Choad 12/21/18 2:19:39 PM #16:	Error1355 posted... Most of them are 'new', but the one that I noticed the most on was a used one that was advertised to me as 'played once'. It was very dusty and took a hell of a lot of work to get the dust off of it so that's probably why it's been the worst of them all. Just being paranoid. =p I've been collecting shitloads of records for years, and some of my oldest ones sound the clearest. A lot of new vinyl is made from recycled (lol environmentalists) vinyl which has small imperfections that virgin material doesn't. Dust gets caught in those sometimes, too. IMO what won't hurt is getting one of those cheap RCA cleaner things on Amazon for like $10 and using that for a bit. Are you cleaning them only dry? --- Oden ska fa sin hamnd. Jag ska doda er alla, sen ska jag dricka mjod med honom. <cite>Uncle Choad posted [p:914505516] in I think I ... [t:77322791]...</cite> <quote><cite>Error1355 posted...</cite> <quote> Most of them are 'new', but the one that I noticed the most on was a used one that was advertised to me as 'played once'. It was very dusty and took a hell of a lot of work to get the dust off of it so that's probably why it's been the worst of them all. Just being paranoid. =p</quote> I've been collecting shitloads of records for years, and some of my oldest ones sound the clearest. A lot of new vinyl is made from recycled (lol environmentalists) vinyl which has small imperfections that virgin material doesn't. Dust gets caught in those sometimes, too. IMO what won't hurt is getting one of those cheap RCA cleaner things on Amazon for like $10 and using that for a bit. Are you cleaning them only dry?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Error1355 12/21/18 2:21:19 PM #17:	Uncle Choad posted... IMO what won't hurt is getting one of those cheap RCA cleaner things on Amazon for like $10 and using that for a bit. Are you cleaning them only dry? I've only been using a dry brush, yeah. --- Welcome home, shed your skin and expose your bones. Take my hand, follow us into the black so far that we can't get back. <cite>Error1355 posted [p:914505600] in I think I ... [t:77322791]...</cite> <quote><cite>Uncle Choad posted...</cite> <quote>IMO what won't hurt is getting one of those cheap RCA cleaner things on Amazon for like $10 and using that for a bit. Are you cleaning them only dry?</quote> I've only been using a dry brush, yeah.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Uncle Choad 12/21/18 2:24:21 PM #18:	Error1355 posted... Uncle Choad posted... IMO what won't hurt is getting one of those cheap RCA cleaner things on Amazon for like $10 and using that for a bit. Are you cleaning them only dry? I've only been using a dry brush, yeah. There's some liquid shit they sell (comes with that cheap RCA one) that bonds to the dust, making it easier to come out. Doing it only dry just pushes it deeper into the grooves. Balls deep and dry. Yikes. --- Oden ska fa sin hamnd. Jag ska doda er alla, sen ska jag dricka mjod med honom. <cite>Uncle Choad posted [p:914505745] in I think I ... [t:77322791]...</cite> <quote><cite>Error1355 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Uncle Choad posted...</cite> <quote>IMO what won't hurt is getting one of those cheap RCA cleaner things on Amazon for like $10 and using that for a bit. Are you cleaning them only dry?</quote> I've only been using a dry brush, yeah.</quote> There's some liquid shit they sell (comes with that cheap RCA one) that bonds to the dust, making it easier to come out. Doing it only dry just pushes it deeper into the grooves. Balls deep and dry. Yikes.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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