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Cartridge wear with clicks and pops…?

As the title says…I am looking for input about cartridge wear.

I currently have a Hana Red , which to be frank was a stretch for me financially. I love it…!

While most of the vinyl I play is in mint condition and carefully cleaned etc I do have some older vinyl , both original stuff I bought in the day ( 1970’s , but taken care of..) and original pressings from late 50’s on.

The question is.

When playing the older stuff with some clicks and pops am I “ exponentially “ increasing the wear on my Red? 
With the price part of me could rationalize buying a nice “ starter” deck and cartridge ( denon 103 type thing) to play my less pristine vinyl on.

Rational fact based opinions? 
Not anything I’m obsessing over but the thought floats though my mind occasionally so i thought I’d see what you all thought.

Thanks in advance for the thoughtful input!

 

zimick
czarivey
5,946 posts
 

@lewm. Right-right after loud POP, I've started hearing significantly audible humm from both speakers. Input opamp IC and couple caps needed replacement on my power amp that was at that time around 17 years old.

 

lewm
13,113 posts
 

Speakers, maybe in extreme cases. I only wonder about input stages. On my bench I’ve driven phono stages well into overload while watching the wave form on a scope, say at 1kHz. The wave form distorts but no permanent damage is done. However I own nothing with an op amp input. Maybe they’re more fragile. I don’t doubt that a sudden transient might damage certain speakers.

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mijostyn
8,570 posts
 

@czarivey 

That "pop" was the op amp blowing probably not the record. 

@lewm 

You and I certainly do not have to worry. It is virtually impossible to harm a Sound Labs with signal. It requires a pitchfork. Modern subwoofer drivers ( the good ones anyway) will hit their bump stops before any damage is done to the wiring or suspension. If you overdrive them you get a very annoying burp which is difficult to misinterpret. Even the voice coils are hard to burn, copper ribbon on Kaptan formers. That would require a large DC offset. 

 

lewm
13,113 posts
 

What, me worry?

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jayctoy
4,153 posts
 

Op using outer ring on my VPI Tt it does minimize clicks and pops. That’s my experience on my Hana SL cart.

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