Problem With Styrene, Please Advise

[Psamsara]

won a record, not easy to find.  it's styrene, it looks really clean..  when i put a needle in the run in everything is ok, but when the music starts there's that noise. obviously i first thought that it's a cue burn, but it ain't that. don't know how to describe it, but both sides have it for the about the same ammount of time...  20-30% of the song and then it suddenly stops.  it follows the music if you know what i mean - if the horns get louder so does the noise etc.  i've washed the record but nothing.. played it on the both decks, changed the needles - same result.

 

any solution?

 

 

 

oh...   and someone just got a bargain on the mixed feelings  

[Pete S]

I've had brand new, unplayed records which have styrene noise.  Especially from Mercury/Philips/Blue Rock labels.

[Mal C]

had loads like that, I went through 2 styrene copies of Ad libs on Karen till I got one that played clear and clean... its a pig, but maybe it should go back?

 

Mal

[Psamsara]

I've had brand new, unplayed records which have styrene noise.  Especially from Mercury/Philips/Blue Rock labels.

 

 

thay had noise all the way Pete, or you had case like mine where noise is present in just part of the song?

[Psamsara]

had loads like that, I went through 2 styrene copies of Ad libs on Karen till I got one that played clear and clean... its a pig, but maybe it should go back?

 

Mal

 

will probably send it back...  wanted to check here if there is maybe some solution

[Premium Stuff]

Does this kind of styrene sound distortion get any worse if you play the record?

 

Thanks

 

Richard

[Guest]

Somebody has played some of the record with a bad stylus, and lifted it off when they have heard enough.

[Pete S]

thay had noise all the way Pete, or you had case like mine where noise is present in just part of the song?

 

Both to be honest. I had a Clyde McPhatter record on Mercury the other day, side 1 perfect, side 2 shocking, it was a new/mint record though.

[Premium Stuff]

Does this kind of styrene sound distortion get any worse if you play the record?

 

Thanks

 

Richard

 

The point I'm after is that I have a rare record on Blue Rock - there is slight styrene distortion - nothing bad at all - just a bit of 'crackle' in places, but definitely styrene distortion.

 

I have played the record once and I just put it on MP3 for listening to, which is where I noticed the distortion on playback.

 

If I play the record again, say several times, will the distortion get worse?

 

I don't want to wreck it 

 

Cheers

 

Richard

Edited June 4, 2013 by Premium Stuff

[Pete S]

The point I'm after is that I have a rare record on Blue Rock - there is slight styrene distortion - nothing bad at all - just a bit of 'crackle' in places, but definitely styrene distortion.

 

I have played the record once and I just put it on MP3 for listening to, which is where I noticed the distortion on playback.

 

If I play the record again, say several times, will the distortion get worse?

 

I don't want to wreck it 

 

Cheers

 

Richard

 

No it'll stay the same.  The only way it'll change is if you play it with a too heavy arm or bad stylus - the damage is already done in the pressing process.

[Premium Stuff]

No it'll stay the same.  The only way it'll change is if you play it with a too heavy arm or bad stylus - the damage is already done in the pressing process.

 

Thanks Pete - makes good sense 

 

Richard

[Psamsara]

Somebody has played some of the record with a bad stylus, and lifted it off when they have heard enough.

 

that's what i thought.  but hey - after one play?  is styrene so sensitive?

[boba]

I've had brand new, unplayed records which have styrene noise.  Especially from Mercury/Philips/Blue Rock labels.

 

are you sure it wasn't jukebox stock? lots of those look and are sold as brand new records.