Record Rest??!!??!?

[Andy]

I've read somewhere on what ever it is that they write on where ever it was written that records need rest between plays. Does this mean that listening to the same record for hours at a time is bad? Does anyone else rest thier records?

[Steve Hoffman]

I used to, until I realized that life is too short.

Playing the groove with a sharp tip traumatizes it (so I was told by many old time record cutters). So, you have to give it time to recover.

Anyone else ever do this?

[Patrick M]

I usually give it a day. The friction of the stylus traversing the vinyl instantaneously liquifies the record. Check out Laura Dearborn's book for this and more fascinating trivia.

[Todd Fredericks]

Too be a bit anal about it. Zee needle causes a lot of 'riction in zee grooves and need sum time to recover. I've read that it's anywhere between 30 minutes (that's almost after playing the side so what's the difference?) or 24 hours depending on the quality of zee vinyl formulation (JVC vinyl is/was according to MFSL blind to repeat play by rumor). Sometimes I'll play something twice ir sometimes move on. My dad was a late night DJ and he seemed to have done that when the fancy hit him and the records still sound superp after over 40 years, so whatever likes the candle...


Todd

[FabFourFan]

Originally posted by Steve Hoffman
I used to, until I realized that life is too short.

Playing the groove with a sharp tip traumatizes it (so I was told by many old time record cutters). So, you have to give it time to recover.

Anyone else ever do this? Yes, I always waited 24 hours before replaying the same groove.

And, yes, life is too short for a rule like this, sheesh. :D

[Grant]

I used to do this too.

Now, if this is ture that the vinyl actually heats up enough to liquify it, would that "warm" the sound a bit? Or, maybe dull the transients, meaning that some CD versions are really closer to the truth, and not cold, like many people believe?

Just thinking...

[PsychFan]

Originally posted by Steve Hoffman
I used to, until I realized that life is too short.
Playing the groove with a sharp tip traumatizes it (so I was told by many old time record cutters). So, you have to give it time to recover.
Anyone else ever do this?

I rarely "repeat-play" a record immediately, for the reason Steve mentions. Very occasionally, when I just have to hear something again, I'll do it, but ... usually I have so many records I want to play in one listening session, that I just move on ...

[AudioGirl]

AHHHH!!! :eek:

I wish that were why all my rock records from the 70's sound like $#*+ ... I played the ones I liked over and over... Until I knew all the words to all the songs...

Alas, I think they sounded like $#*+ when the came off the stampers though. Nevertheless, I still love the music.

Thanks to Steve H some of them are available again... Only this time they sound good. :)

Guess I won't be playing *them* over and over.... Good thing I already know all the words to all the songs. :D

[pigmode]

Does this mean I shouldn't have put that dime on the end of the tonearm of my old Garrard stack changer? :(