Vinyl Recovery

Johnny nailed it...another myth based largely on propaganda over logic...I came into audio roughly a decade later...early 80s..and the latest craze was cement blocks on top of amps... Anybody remember that? Record wear is solely due to hours of listening...regardless of time between intervals.

Well, I think the cement blocks-on-amps has more sound theory behind it than LPs needing a 24-hour cooling-off period before replay.

The cement blocks may or may not work, but:

Every active electrical component has a transformer, and every transformer viibrates. Generally, the bigger the transformer, the stronger the vibration, but some of it may be due to design and/or build quality. Amps have the biggest transformers of all. Capacitors are somewhat microphonic, meaning they can pick up the vibrations and recycle them through the circuitry.

Particularly in systems where the components are stacked, it's plausible that the 60Hz vibration of the transformer could be damped down with some weight on the chassis. I've heard and felt 60Hz hum from amplifier transformers. I've never encountered a hot record after a single play.

How about a Hot Stamper of a classic ubiquitous Lp for $700!...hehe