Do Vinyl Records Deteriorate

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Do vinyl records deteriorate.

All my records are cleaned on an okki nokki no static issues. Record noise occasional clicks and pops are part of the sound of vinyl but with an lp played on an audiophile grade turntable those noises recede into the background. Certain records that i own brand new pressings i have bought over the last year that were absolutely perfect have deteriorated very quickly and i am starting to think i have a hardware issue somewhere or it s the quality of some of my modern records. As the vinyl disc steadily rotates the stylus moves through the wavy three dimensional groves.

Do vinyl records deteriorate. In 1959 roughly a decade after vinyl lps first became widely available to consumers the library of congress published preservation of sound recordings a g. Vinyl records history. Wiki user answered.

Vinyl record groves the stylus and the groves. Several factors lead to the deterioration of vinyl. Still the millions of record sales on the site each year do provide some good insight into overall vinyl records value and can also show trends over the past decade or so. Asked by wiki user.

2014 06 13 22 41 18 2014 06 13 22 41 18. A gramophone record phonograph record in american english or vinyl record commonly known as a record is an analogue sound storage medium in the form of a flat polyvinyl chloride previously shellac disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove. This makes it easy to see if a particular record is increasing in value over time or going down as interest sometimes wanes. Yes the act of playing records does add a tiny amount of noise clicks and pops with each play but my frequently played records over very high resolution speakers still sound fine to me.