Grounding Vinyl Records

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Grounding vinyl records.

Grading a vinyl record is inherently subjective but knowing what to look for will help you accurately determine what condition a record is in. Vinyl grading isn t an exact science but it s certainly a useful metric. How to ground a turntable without ground wire. Near mint nm the record has been on a shelf between other records.

It encompasses a record label pressing plant and online magazine and collaborates with artists and. In fact it s essential to your collection piece s quality. Find out the turntable s grounding wire. The vinyl factory is the world s foremost vinyl enterprise.

Having a ground will mean any unwanted electricity will travel through the wire back to your electrical panel tripping the circuit breaker and stopping the flow of electricity. In the simplest form a turntable is a circular rotating platform through which a vinyl record or phonograph album is played. Another significant source is the process of removing a vinyl record from its plastic inner sleeve. Never been played and usually sealed.

If your amplifier doesn t have a grounding terminal use gaffer tape to stick the grounding wire s copper spade connector to the amplifier s metal box. Because the surface of a record is not conductive vinyl is an insulator any static charge that occurs stays locked immobile on the surface of the record. The carbon fibers establish a highly effective path to ground for any static charge. For the past ten years the world of vinyl production has been spinning faster and faster.

It has a circular and rotating platform that plays a vinyl record to create a sound so it is obvious that one will feel grounding issues at some point in time. Turntables also referred to as record players are used to play audio recordings. Turn off the power that is related to the record player. The turntable is a vintage record player that used for playing audio recordings in the purest form.

Before grounding a turntable you need to leave the power off in the turntable and the amplifier. To visually grade a record inspect the sleeve and any inserts lyric sheets posters etc for ring wear discoloration sticker residue and seam splits. Then tighten the connection but don t over tighten it or you might strip the terminal. Take the grounding wire s copper spade connector and place it on the grounding terminal.

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