Do Vinyl Records Wear Out

I m not sure if the production quality was as good a long time ago as it is now but i can t see it.

Do vinyl records wear out.

Also coloured vinyl wears faster the lighter it is transparent and white ones being the worst. After 100 it s definitely. If you listen carefully to the cymbals you may notice a reduction in volume after 30 40 plays. Any decent cartridge will.

The heavier the stylus force the more wear too. But it s gotta have enough force to track. None of these records have ever worn out. Even faster would be diamond dust.

Your stylus will wear out long before the lp does. The only vinyl that i can t account for is older vinyl. There is no reason the use of direct metal mastering can have any impact on needle wear. You would have to play it thousands of times for a record to actually wear out though how many thousands depends on groove depth vinyl thickness a 180gm single sided record would probably fare very well.

Henry blum vinyl record collector. A great advantage of cds is that they don t wear out unless severely mistreated and they don t get noisy or scratchy. Well that depends greatly on your turntable and stylus. Records must always be stored.

I do not think a worn clean record would wear out a stylus any faster than a new clean vinyl record. Needle wear is impacted by the vinyl compound itself. A lot of vinyl naysayers like to harp on the fact that lps can wear out yes the act of playing records does add a tiny amount of noise clicks and pops with each play but my frequently played. This is one sure fire way to cause warping possible cracking of the vinyl record because of the weight and will inevitably produce scuff marks and ring wear on the album cover marring the artwork.

If you want to wear out your stylus fast dust all your lps with fine concrete dust. Yes records will wear. But even with a modest system you shouldn t hear much degradation as you play your lp s.