White Scratches

[Ernie Andrews]

Hi Has anyne else heard of this as its a new one to me.

Sold a record as Ex (Probably Mint minus) Buyer says it has white scratches which causes a distortion on the vocals!

 

AS I said New one to me!

Anyone else come across this?

Should have said - Its a styrene record! (Not expensive !)

Edited May 2, 2013 by Ernie Andrews

[Barry]

Sounds like cue-burn marks Ernie

[Ernie Andrews]

I played it on my system with no distortion but that means nothing - Didnt see any marks on the vynil at all and took photos before I sold it- Absolute clean labels as well. Im just a bit surprised but I have had a record play differently than on my system. so I wil wait till it arrives back.

Edited May 2, 2013 by Ernie Andrews

[Only Dreaming]

^{I find a lot of my 60's mono records play with distortion with my stereo cartridge/needle, even m - copies. Maybe that's the problem.}

 

^best,

^Dave

Edited May 2, 2013 by Only Dreaming

[boba]

it's not unusual for styrene records to play differently with different types of carts (e.g. conical vs. spherical or mono vs. stereo) as the needles ride differently in the grooves. In one case the needle might be hitting a damaged part of the groove but not in another.