Guest kingdok Posted November 23, 2001 Posted November 23, 2001 Help a newbie out, wouldja? What's the first sign of worn out slipmats? I get this ratty, squeaky, blechy sound when I try to spin back certain records. 'Don't know whether the problem is with my tables, my records or my slipmats. Something tells me it's the latter. Insight, anyone? Quote
Guest kingdok Posted November 23, 2001 Posted November 23, 2001 The word "blechy" is a registered trademark of Kingdok Industries LTD. All rights reserved. Quote
Basilisk Posted November 23, 2001 Posted November 23, 2001 sounds like a needle problem honestly, but i'm no expert slip mats wear out? maybe if they arent slipping any more you got trouble, but aside from that... Quote
Guest rx7style Posted November 23, 2001 Posted November 23, 2001 Yeah, it sounds like your needle is screwed -- does it look like a dull point? You should probably replace it then... 8^) You can't generate strange sounds with slipmats! And you can always tell if your slipmats are worn out... the record spins by itself indepentdent of the mat when you pull back a record. Hence, it's not working! Quote
Guest jeremy Posted November 23, 2001 Posted November 23, 2001 you should probably remove the slipmats and place the record directly on the metal surface...just to make sure...process of elimination kidding. Quote
Guest kingdok Posted November 23, 2001 Posted November 23, 2001 It's definitely not the needle. There's friction somewhere near the platter. That's where the sound's emitting -- a honking almost. Like a goose with a lungful of helium. Quote
Guest Elysium Project Posted November 24, 2001 Posted November 24, 2001 well why not just replace your slipmats???? Quote
Guest kingdok Posted November 24, 2001 Posted November 24, 2001 Because, my dear Elysium Project, the problem lies not with the slipmats, as others have already deduced. The mysterious "squonk" is being generated by the interior ridge of the record hole rubbing up against the nipple/prong on the turntable. Eureka! Unfortunately, there's no way of lessening this noise, lest I be forced to lube up my 1200s with Crisco. Quote
Guest Elysium Project Posted November 24, 2001 Posted November 24, 2001 guess he did not get my joke Quote
Guest kingdok Posted November 24, 2001 Posted November 24, 2001 "well why not just replace your slipmats????" is a joke? Quote
Guest Elysium Project Posted November 24, 2001 Posted November 24, 2001 Obviously we have a different sense of humor........that's life !!!!! Quote
Guest rx7style Posted November 26, 2001 Posted November 26, 2001 So you mean that the "blechy" sound that you hear, doesn't eminate from the speakers? I can't see how slipmats could cause any kind of a problem, other than not allow the vinyl to move independantly from the table... check the tables? Or is it on both that you have? In which case, it's neither of anything that's been mentioned thus far. Quote
Guest rx7style Posted November 26, 2001 Posted November 26, 2001 Oh yeah, and in case you didn't get what I meant for some reason... if you hear the sound through the speakers, it's going cleanly through the needle and into your phono-amp. If you don't, it has to be something on the tables themselves, or you have the worst slip-mats that have ever graced the planet earth. I don't know what variables you've eliminated -- I assume it happens with all your vinyl? If not, problem solved 8^) Quote
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