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Any fix for a locked groove?

Hi
I recently did a large lp to cd transfer (about 150 LPs) and 5 of my records had a locked groove.Of course,most of them had a locked groove on side 2 towards the end what made it even more frustrating.I put down some notes to remember the damaged tracks in hope somebody on this forum has a remedy how to fix it.All records were produced in the 90s and were extensively cleaned on VPI machine before the transfer.Any help would be greatly appreciated.
overhang
grimsbylad
34 posts
 
Are you SURE its the records? 5 ,all towards the end of side 2?? .I think it may well be your arm setup. Sounds like the arm is reaching the end of it's travel before the end of the record
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nsgarch
2,524 posts
 
What kind of TT and TA do you have?
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dweller
3,781 posts
 
If I leave my dustcover on, I get a "locked groove" every time (when my tonearm bumps into it).
axelwahl
788 posts
 
If my tone-arm SME V is sufficiently low set-up for VTA, some slightly warped records touch the arm close to the thick end of the arm tube when the needle is in the last 1/3 - 1/4 of the LP. This lifts the arm out of the groove with every turn and again = "locked groove".
Solution: use a higher (taller cart to go up with the arm for same VTA, use cart with more positive VTA requirement, clamp the record a bit harder to flatten it some more, if it can be done, don't play warped record, use tone arm with thinner arm tube, etc.)
Greetings,
overhang OP
199 posts
 
Hey Guinness,amazingly enough one of the transfered LPs was Armageddon (the german band)!
I have RB 600/Grado The Reference/Michell Gyro SE setup.
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