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New record=Bad Sound

Hey all, I just put on a new record purchased yesterday. Everything sounds good except the mids. It almost sounds like its recorded too hot and its peaking at the meters.

This album is dear to me. I grew up with this band and know it is not recorded that way.

Do you think this New record {sealed when I bought it, came out in 1989-90} could use a good steam clean?

I do not have a way to clean records other than the Discwasher system.

Or should I take it back to my record store and get my cash back?

{First post :-)}
photodusty
sonofjim
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Photodusty,
I tried the oven trick a couple months ago too for fun with similar results. At the time, I put the disc between 2 pizza stones thinking that the weight would help flatten the disc. Based on your results I'd say this either doesn't work or is a lot trickier than it sounds.
photodusty OP
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Yeah, I had the heat set at 180. Turned on the oven, put in my record sandwich, preheat buzzer went off, I shut the oven off. Waited like 4 hours and took it out. Looked flat as a new record should. Then it got wierd.

Maybe my heat was to High. Thats what I am thinking. I'm not giving up yet.

I'll keep you posted.

thanks!

db
sonofjim
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I think one mistake I made was in pre-heating the stones along with the oven. Did you pre-heat the glass or put the whole assembly in the pre-heated oven cold. The post I read on this also said not to take it out until everything was back to room temperature.
photodusty OP
100 posts
 
I did not preheat the glass. {Which by the way is window pane glass}.

I might try one this weekend to see if I can get this right.

db
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