Teasing the Korean Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 Possibly a stupid question, but now that LPs have been around for so many decades: Has anyone figured out a way to unwarp a warped LP, or at least lessen the warp, without causing other damage? If people are baking audio tape in convection ovens and eliminating the whine, there MUST be something to fix a warped LP. Thoughts? Experiences? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 (edited) Have never found a way to get rid of warps without wrecking the LP. Definitely don't recommend things like sticking it in the oven. Tend to live with the warp - good tonearms will definitely help in 'riding' the bump. In fact with a very good arm you will be oblivious to anything but the most extreme warp. Edited June 21, 2008 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted June 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 Thanks. How about those turntables that clamp the edges of the albums down? What price range do those start in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 Thanks. How about those turntables that clamp the edges of the albums down? What price range do those start in? Agree with Sidewinder, I have an expensive turntable with clamp, actually clamp doesn't help with seriously warped records, tonearm does. Obviosly if you have some 2K to throw away you can try one of these: http://www.axissaudio.com/special/specAir.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted June 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 Thanks. How about those turntables that clamp the edges of the albums down? What price range do those start in? Agree with Sidewinder, I have an expensive turntable with clamp, actually clamp doesn't help with seriously warped records, tonearm does. Obviosly if you have some 2K to throw away you can try one of these: http://www.axissaudio.com/special/specAir.htm Thanks. I just happen to have an extra two grand and nothing to spend it on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 Thanks. How about those turntables that clamp the edges of the albums down? What price range do those start in? Agree with Sidewinder, I have an expensive turntable with clamp, actually clamp doesn't help with seriously warped records, tonearm does. Obviosly if you have some 2K to throw away you can try one of these: http://www.axissaudio.com/special/specAir.htm Thanks. I just happen to have an extra two grand and nothing to spend it on... I knew it, that's why I posted this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 Back in the 78 rpm days, the solution was to place the disc on a flat surface in the sun, with a heavy pane of glass on top. If need be, one could place something to further weigh down the glass. It worked and I'm pretty sure that I also did that with Vinyl™ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 Back in the 78 rpm days, the solution was to place the disc on a flat surface in the sun, with a heavy pane of glass on top. If need be, one could place something to further weigh down the glass. It worked and I'm pretty sure that I also did that with Vinyl™ It looks like one of the good old grandma's recipes and suggestion, but I have a warped David Crosby's record, I'll check yor recipe out. Did you mean direct sun? BTW wich sun are you referring to: Iceland, NYC, Mississipi, over here we got some pretty though sun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 A Roman sun should be just the ticket, but don't leave it there too long. The sun I used is one that I found in Copenhagen. I think they're all good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted June 22, 2008 Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 Back in the 78 rpm days, the solution was to place the disc on a flat surface in the sun, with a heavy pane of glass on top. If need be, one could place something to further weigh down the glass. It worked and I'm pretty sure that I also did that with Vinyl™ It looks like one of the good old grandma's recipes and suggestion, but I have a warped David Crosby's record, I'll check yor recipe out. Did you mean direct sun? BTW wich sun are you referring to: Iceland, NYC, Mississipi, over here we got some pretty though sun. Using a close to trashed Stan Getz lp, I once tried that sun + heavy glass panel 'trick' ....and while it did flatten out, the grooves wound up looking like wavy gravy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted June 22, 2008 Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 Looks aren't everything, Weizy. How did it sound? New wave? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted June 22, 2008 Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 Perhaps it sounded like Wavy Gravy as well. But I like this line from the product description of the Air Tight Disc Flatter: Cannot repair LP/EPs that have been deformed and damaged by heat Correct me if I'm wrong, but uh.... isn't that how records get warped in the first place??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted June 22, 2008 Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 Perhaps it sounded like Wavy Gravy as well. But I like this line from the product description of the Air Tight Disc Flatter: Cannot repair LP/EPs that have been deformed and damaged by heat Correct me if I'm wrong, but uh.... isn't that how records get warped in the first place??? Not always. In the wake of the first oil crisis, LPs were made of such thin vinyl that the cellophane wrap was capable of inducing a slight bend to the record. I remember my original copy of Boogaloo Joe Jones' "Snake rhythm rock" was like that. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted June 22, 2008 Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 Looks aren't everything, Weizy. How did it sound? New wave? No, it was weird.....the Getz sound was gone and suddenly it was like..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o29VoxtsFk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeline Posted June 22, 2008 Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 Perhaps it sounded like Wavy Gravy as well. But I like this line from the product description of the Air Tight Disc Flatter: Cannot repair LP/EPs that have been deformed and damaged by heat Correct me if I'm wrong, but uh.... isn't that how records get warped in the first place??? Not always. In the wake of the first oil crisis, LPs were made of such thin vinyl that the cellophane wrap was capable of inducing a slight bend to the record. I remember my original copy of Boogaloo Joe Jones' "Snake rhythm rock" was like that. MG Or more than "slight." I bought some badly warped LPs in the 70s that had never been unwrapped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 I just got a sealed ICP record that was unplayable it was so warped. Oddly, you couldn't tell from looking at the jacket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 I remember complaining about the state of a Mulligan Meets Webster Verve album that was on sale in a store in Place Saint Michel in Paris in the early seventies and thereby learning that the French word for this problem is "ondule". (That e should have an acute accent on it, but how to do that is something else beyond my knowledge!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 I remember complaining about the state of a Mulligan Meets Webster Verve album that was on sale in a store in Place Saint Michel in Paris in the early seventies and thereby learning that the French word for this problem is "ondule". (That e should have an acute accent on it, but how to do that is something else beyond my knowledge!) Ah! French vocals and accents. Years ago I spent one day and the whole night editing french subtitles on a 53 minutes documentary for the Antibes Film Festival, I still remember it, go figure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 I remember complaining about the state of a Mulligan Meets Webster Verve album that was on sale in a store in Place Saint Michel in Paris in the early seventies and thereby learning that the French word for this problem is "ondule". (That e should have an acute accent on it, but how to do that is something else beyond my knowledge!) Ah! French vocals and accents. Years ago I spent one day and the whole night editing french subtitles on a 53 minutes documentary for the Antibes Film Festival, I still remember it, go figure! Yes, the relatively sparing use of accents in Italian is very welcome, but I still wouldn't know how to do 'em on Organissimo posts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeline Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Switch your keyboard layout to "US-International" and then you can type all the accent you want. Like this: ondulé. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Switch your keyboard layout to "US-International" and then you can type all the accent you want. Like this: ondulé. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeline Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 You're welcome! It takes a bit of getting used to (or at least, it did for me), but it's a great tool - especially if you're needing to type a lot of non-ASCII characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Yesterday, I found a copy of John Patton's Accent on the Blues. But I didn't notice that it was warped. Damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel1969 Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 (edited) I remember complaining about the state of a Mulligan Meets Webster Verve album that was on sale in a store in Place Saint Michel in Paris in the early seventies and thereby learning that the French word for this problem is "ondule". (That e should have an acute accent on it, but how to do that is something else beyond my knowledge!) i think the right french word is "voilé". "Ondulé" relates to : and this is a far better experience than a warped record Edited November 22, 2008 by Michel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 I wish I had more 'ondulé' then 'voilé' experiences in my collector career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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