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I have a Rega RP3 with Exact cartridge. Force and anti-skate set at 1.75. I clean with Spin Clean and Mofo cleaner and brush use #9 styles cleaner. I can play a album and it plays fine next time I play about mid way will skip or hang. Next time I play it it plays fine. Or I can even just stop put thru Spin Clean and it plays fine. My albums are not dirty take very good care of them. This happens to random albums new and albums I’ve had years. I do play very loud SPLnFFT shows 96 to 101 db’s. Have Source Technology 7211’s and two Source Technology sub’s. My room is 30 x15. Have thought it could be vibrations from playing so loud? I check the set up on turntable every 60 days and it’s always dead on. Any thoughts?
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cleeds
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mijostyn
... the nih article was written for people who do not have a medical background ... it is still very simplistic and omits the more complicated aspects of human hearing. Most people can listen to music safely at 95 dB as long as they warm their ears up first ...
That’s interesting. So please tell us about your medical background.
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Thank you for your response the anti-skate makes sense it skips out. Going to reduce it today and give it a try. Like I said can go weeks and all is well then out of the blue it happens. As far as the volume I’m 63 have been listing to Rock n Roll at maxim volume since 1969. Hearing is probably not as good as it was then but it’s fine for 63. As it says on the label of The Who Live At Leeds “Play Loud”. After all It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll. Once agin thanks for the advice.
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mijostyn
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cleeds, I am a board certified family physician. I practice in southern New Hampshire. You can check my reviews out on the internet.
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