That sounds REALLY weird that your brand new audiophile quality records skip... did you hit something on the tone arm and now the antiskating force is set extremely high (causing the arm to not want to move inward??) I would check your tonearm settings or check on a test disc.
Brand new vinyl - skips?
I'm new into modern vinyl, so new, in fact, that I set up my TT yesterday and played vinyl for the first time in nearly 20 years. Anyway, I played several albums, from different sources. I played a couple of used albums, and they seemed to play fine and sound excellent.
Then I played three premium, brand-new albums. Two of the three skipped badly and repeatedly. Up until skipping badly, the albums sounded absolutely wonderful. So, I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong that I can correct, or if I need to contact the retailer and ask for an exchange. I don't have a record cleaner, either machine or manual, yet so I played the records straight out of the package.
Given my newness, I could imagine a simple cleaning, an adjustment to some part of the setup, or something else could correct the problem. Any insight would be most appreciated.
Then I played three premium, brand-new albums. Two of the three skipped badly and repeatedly. Up until skipping badly, the albums sounded absolutely wonderful. So, I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong that I can correct, or if I need to contact the retailer and ask for an exchange. I don't have a record cleaner, either machine or manual, yet so I played the records straight out of the package.
Given my newness, I could imagine a simple cleaning, an adjustment to some part of the setup, or something else could correct the problem. Any insight would be most appreciated.
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