TrancedOutUK Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Hello, I recently purchased the remastered vinyls of two of The Beatles albums, Magical Mystery Tour and Help. When playing each one, they both start to jump. These are brand new vinyl records so they can't be scratched can they? We seem to think that it is the record players fault, what do you guys think? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Try them on another record player and see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EODM83 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Try them on another record player and see? My advice also - do other records play ok? Could be a needle/weighting issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcoblog Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Could well be the record player's fault ... perhaps it has a chip in it which only lets it play decent music ... a sort of 'skip over that' attitude? 'The Beatles' ... ! (see what I did there?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanes teeth Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 That's what vinyl albums do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcoblog Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 That's what vinyl albums do. I bet stamp albums would as well, if you're just trying to blame it on the vinyl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margarita Ma Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 (edited) In days of old, i.e. the sixties when a dodgy record would skip we would put a halfpenny on the arm. a ten pence piece might do the trick now, failing that try a pound. Inflation has been terrible since decimalisation. So much for Harrold's the pound in your pocket still being the same. Edited April 28, 2015 by Margarita Ma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil woman Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Could well be the record player's fault ... perhaps it has a chip in it It wants cleaning out in that case. There might even be a fish and mushy peas in there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carosio Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Are you using a quality arm and cartridge, and I assume that other LPs dont skip grooves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddycoffee Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Are you playing these records on one of these cheap Vinyl to MP3 converter turntables? If so they are rubbish. They are sold with a 15p cartridge and are difficult to adjust the anti skate setting. Putting a weight on the tone arm will just damage the vinyl. You can buy a second hand proper HiFi turntable for less and that will play any record without fault. you can't cut corners if you want to listen to records, you need to get a proper Hi-Fi. If you are only spending 120 quid you'd be better with a CD or an mp3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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