Flipping record causing series of loud pops

Hi oldhvymec and others.

All very well to mute after every side if you have a mute switch.
But if you have to down the volume pot and then up it again every 20 minutes you will soon wear it out.  After all many get noisy after 20 years of normal use (i.e not often touching it, muting at end of a session).
At that rate you could even wear out a mute switch, although this is much cheaper to replace than a pair of high quality pots.

I once got the static 'pop' and cured it with a Zerostat aimed at mat and turntable.  I haven't had it since so am safe to leave the volume up.

I flipped my first record in about 1962 and I've used valve pre-amps since the mid-70s.  I leave the volume where it is and have never had any problems, certainly not with blowing tweeters every month or two.  I don't get 'pops'.

Leave fetish to the fetishists.

Acrylic platter, felt mat, not so good record brush, humidity, a more sensitive phono stage?, Try to turn the volume down or mute till you short it out.

I don’t get pops either. Analog volume controls require movement to stay clean. A C20 is the last true off on volume pot.. No movement it WILL get noisy. The mute buttons on Macs will last 75 years if they last a minute, same with a volume pot.. If you don’t use them.. 10-15 years before you have clean them correctly, for another 10 years of use.

After a couple hundred TT repairs and builds.. I’ve seen a few weird things.. Always volume down. My newer C2500 does it automatically. It mutes then ramps up the volume (slowly) to the last volume set.. You can actually set that ramp up speed too. I wonder WHY?

It’s in the manual look it up.. Geez.. Who want’s to test the "It hasn’t happened to me yet", guys suggestion.. Mine doesn’t pop either, HIS DOES... This is the fix.

Go argue with GOD, I’m just the mechanic.. :-) I don’t care if you're too LAZY to turn a nob.. Like I said, I BET money you don't use your turn signals.. I BET..

HE'S asking for help, not, "I don't need any, mine doesn't pop".. Good for you..

Just one POP away from the tweeters you probably can’t hear anyways, so WTF, ay? Silly advise from silly people..

Regards

its all been said.  Its static.  Always turn down volume when changing pretty much anything. Duh.
But i have no idea why your tube phono stage has the issue.  Maybe a bad ground? A tube is just a voltage controlled valve,.

Wow, seriously folks? The OP asks a legit question and you respond with "noob" and "rookie" and smartass comments? How churlish... And if he doesn't have a mute switch, no matter: Temporarily switch to a source with no signal to save wear on the volume pot. Be kind. No one here was born all knowing.

To the OP: You do have a static issue. I don't believe it's a ground problem else you'd have an audible hum. I would agree to try an anti-stat gun before every album side. It it's still a problem, an anti-stat wand while you play your LPs. Also what is your TT mat? Some are more susceptible to creating static. Good luck and...

Happy listening.