Vinyl Visible Groove Wear

Mastering and the prevention or promotion of groove wear.

Vinyl visible groove wear.

Don t be scared off by the old bugaboo about record wear says the audiophiliac. Tape writing ring wear or other defects will be present. Sometimes groove wear can show up as graying or whitening grooves other times it s invisible. Do vinyl lps wear out.

I see it a lot on other 60 s vinyl as well as my kinks 2lp black album. Cover sleeve may have seam splits. The audiophiliac takes on that myth. Vinyl records may have scratches on the surface visible groove wear and significant surface noise but will play without issues.

The record does not play through without skipping or repeating. A cover or sleeve will have seam splits especially at the bottom or on the spine. Imperfectly centered spindle hole causing wow and flutter. Describe seam splits especially at the bottom or on the spine.

Some collectors are more averse to groove wear than scratches. The track big sky looks to have visible groove lines. A record in good or good plus condition can be played through without skipping but it will have significant surface noise scratches and visible groove wear. There s certainly goove burn that isn t as visible but i ve never had a record that looks greyish sound anything but trashed.

All the 45s i inhereted as a child that got some spins on the close and play are clearly groove burned. They are expected to cut a record with great signal to noise ratio but at the same time the record should not be prone to mistracking. Vinyl mastering engineers have a difficult job. Even on well handled vinyl nm looking vinyl there could have been a worn out needle in its past.

Can be difficult if not impossible to detect visually but cause the deterioration and distortion in sound. The grooves have a slightly greyish coloration when looked at closely under light. To protect the integrity of each item we are only shipping a maximum of three 3 items per box united states only. Tape writing ring wear or other defects will be present.

Visual inspection shows a lot scratches and visible groove wear that affect the sound as listed previously. All clearance item sales are final. Sibilance also shows up in the highs sometimes accompanied with phasey sounds. Groove wear caused by ancient heavy tracking arms and or worn stylus especially towards the centre of the record.

Cover shows a lot of issues.