Whats on your turntable tonight?

Early morning update regarding Orb flattening. 

Last night before going to bed, I took a chance and baked a replaceable color vinyl 12" in the Orb as a test.

The subject:

Ben Watt (with Robert Wyatt) "Summer Into Winter" Cherry Red UK rerelease for 2020 RSD.

When I received the record and opened it, someone at the pressing plant in the EU (not specific which plant) must have been having a bad day.  A-side label was off center and torn at the center hole plus the record itself looks as though it was pulled off the stamper rather violently, probably due to the label being caught on the center hole mandrel in the press.  There were 3 distinct ripples radiating outward from the center hole.

I didn't open the record for a while after receiving thus a return wasn't possible.

So, I set it aside thinking someday I've have the means to flatten it.

I placed the badly warped 12" clear blue vinyl record in the Orb at "normal" temp/time (2 hours heat, 2 hour cool).

I feared the worst this morning.  However, much to my surprise and delight, the record came out with nearly all the wrinkles flattened.  The record plays fine on the turntable. 

Brian - “ every form of refuge has it’s price “ Eagles….

Croft and RM -4 in winter battle dress would bring me to 19

Thanks to Steve - I think the Shoals would have escaped my attention without him and this great thread of contributors 

Thanks for taking the time to post that puffball. I'm thinking about getting one. 

@big_greg,

You’re welcome.  We learn from each other.  The successes and failures are very educational.

If you’re considering an Orb, I believe the sole US distributor is Mockingbird Audio.

Phillip said I snagged his last DF-01iA+.  Deliveries from Orb (based in Osaka, Japan) have been slow lately.  I reckon that has a lot to do with COVID lockdowns over the past several months in Japan.

Second flattened record of the day spinning as I write,

Jan Steele/John Cage “Voices And Instruments” Obscure Records UK  1975