mjzee Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Has anyone invented a solution to correct records that have been pressed off-center? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Buying a correct copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 The best I've done is widened the spindle hole with a pocket knife, and then made a small mark on the label indicating the direction the LP should be shifted. Hardly ideal and not an exact science, but it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 I recently got an LP that was centered on one side, off-center on the other. How did that happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cih Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 The best I've done is widened the spindle hole with a pocket knife, and then made a small mark on the label indicating the direction the LP should be shifted. Hardly ideal and not an exact science, but it works. That's what I do - firstly I watch the arm wave forward and back while the record goes around.. when it reaches the position furthest from the spindle, just before it starts to swing back in I note where on the record label it's lined up with, and scrape a little from the edge of the hole at that point.. and keep doing it in small increments until it's right (this way you don't end up with a big round hole but a minimal oval one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 I recently got an LP that was centered on one side, off-center on the other. How did that happen? That happens - it's drilled right, but the plating process was somehow off. That's my guess, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Stamper on one side mounted improperly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Man Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 This topic reminds me why CDs were invented Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Nelson Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 After re-coring the center, I end up holding the record down firmly and moving my hips from side-to-side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 One of the reasons why Japanese vinyl reissues were so great. Never had this problem with them. Stuff issued by Muse, Inner City, Cadet on the other hand... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Stamper on one side mounted improperly. That's the type of off-centre pressing I've mostly seen. I used to have a turntable where you could take the centre spindle out; I'd made a mark on the label, like CIH does, so I'd know how to lay the disc on the mat, and play it. Unfortunately, my current turntable doesn't have a removable spindle, so I just don't play those sides any more. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 (edited) This annoying problem has occurred on too many blue label Blue Notes from the seventies so I'm avoiding those completely. A pity, since the sound is otherwise usually good. Edited December 27, 2012 by Daniel A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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