are bad vinyl pressings pretty common? I don't have a huge collection, but have started buying more LPs lately. So far I've had a few that are not performing very well. One is extremely scratchy and distorted on the "outside" songs, then gets fine toward the middle.
Another LP I noticed intense pitch ...warbling, as if my turntable was turning at an inconsistent speed. I never have this problem with any other records so I looked at the vinyl while it was spinning and I noticed the stylus and arm moving horizontally quite a bit...maybe half an inch per rotation. As if this side of the record was printed off center or something...
Are these common things? I'm wondering if I should request a new LP from the label or what...
On another note (hate to hijack my own thread) but I also noticed my Rega P1's platter has a bit more wavy motion than I thought it would have. Is this common? It doesn't seem to affect the sound any that I can tell.
are bad vinyl pressings pretty common? I don't have a huge collection, but have started buying more LPs lately. So far I've had a few that are not performing very well. One is extremely scratchy and distorted on the "outside" songs, then gets fine toward the middle.
Another LP I noticed intense pitch ...warbling, as if my turntable was turning at an inconsistent speed. I never have this problem with any other records so I looked at the vinyl while it was spinning and I noticed the stylus and arm moving horizontally quite a bit...maybe half an inch per rotation. As if this side of the record was printed off center or something...
Are these common things? I'm wondering if I should request a new LP from the label or what...
On another note (hate to hijack my own thread) but I also noticed my Rega P1's platter has a bit more wavy motion than I thought it would have. Is this common? It doesn't seem to affect the sound any that I can tell.