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Repair / Help Forum => Repair / Help => Topic started by: Jim Pittsburgh on October 12, 2014, 11:29:44 AM
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Have a few albums that could use a bit of flattening. Wondering
if any of you warped folks have come up with a proven
method of flattening albums ?
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Not sure where to post this Q, but looking
for actual tried solutions to flattening warped
albums....
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Read this someplace, never tried, if you have access to a gas stove that has a pilot flame, versus electric igniter, put an album on a flat surface, cookie sheet or something, stick it in the oven, do not turn on oven, the pilot keeps the oven warm enough to soften the vinyl. Probably would require some trial and error, and an understanding wife.
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JP,
I have one of these, a Frutech Flattener DVF-1 Vinyl flattener. Works great!
A few pics:
(http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/schwarcw/Furutech2.jpg) (http://s126.photobucket.com/user/schwarcw/media/Furutech2.jpg.html)
(http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/schwarcw/Furutech.jpg) (http://s126.photobucket.com/user/schwarcw/media/Furutech.jpg.html)
A web link, scroll down to the second half of the reviews: http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/furutech6/destat.html (http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/furutech6/destat.html)
Another review:
http://www.redferret.net/?p=9329 (http://www.redferret.net/?p=9329)
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I would very much appreciate it if you would please consider
running a couple of favorite discs through your machine for me .
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Carl's solution (the vinyl flattener) looks MUCH BETTER than mine but...
Many years ago I tried to "FIX" a warped record... I placed it in the sun for a bit & then placed it between some rigid flat items to "press/flatten" the record... Do not try this at home as the record turned out much worse than when I started... :(
George
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George,
Obviously, you never heard this John Hartford tune..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKZR8KBcekQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKZR8KBcekQ)
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Emp, that tune came out in 1984... I tried my record "FIX" in 1983... ;) Wish I would have heard that tune... Never would have let my record in the sun...
George
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If that's your only Amanda Mcbroom album you've GOT to hear Growing Up in Hollywood Town !
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If that's your only Amanda Mcbroom album you've GOT to hear Growing Up in Hollywood Town !
Hi Anders!
I actually have two, maybe three copies of "Growing Up in Hollywood Town". I like "Dreaming a little more. It has some of the same songs "The Rose" etc.
Regards,
Carl
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But she sounds alot more real to me on growing up in hollywood town.
I love that record.
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My warped records tended to flatten a bit just by storing them tightly.
You usually make things worse when you try to flatten them.
Best thing for them is a turntable that can play them.
Thats why I like Dual tonearms. very light but still stiff and you usually don't hear warps at all.
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I have had excellent success tracking warped records with any of the B & O tangent tracking tables (4002, 4004, 8000, 8002 and 5000 series). With an MMC 1 or MMC 2 cart, you will not notice the warp.
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Well yeah B&O turntables have small light tonearms that will track warps but I don't think they are that great sounding.
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Actually they will play on the ClearAudio,but the outmost
Band isn't perfect ... Would just like to flatten them lol
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My air bearing arm tracks warps well too. The Advanced Analog MG-1 is crude compared to Rockport's and the like but is not that expensive.
http://youtu.be/YYD9CIWJELc (http://youtu.be/YYD9CIWJELc)
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Very, very nice..... beats the heck out of taping dimes to the tonearm on the portable unit I had back in the 60s when I was a little kid listening to the Beatles in mono etc.... lol
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Ohh, Carl, you shouldn't have told us that you have one of those. That's like being a college kid and telling all of your friends that you have a truck and enjoy helping people move!
That said, I have a live promo only record from Bruce Hornsby and The Range which is quite excellent other than a terrible curl in the first 1/4". Even my 440 won't track that part. I'd love to see what your toy can do for it sometime, if you're willing.
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Carl, you have cool sh*t.