Draging Records..

[larryh]

Seems all types of records can have a few bad ones here and there. I have been doing my comparison listening and last night I put on a record that appeared normal.. but when I tried to play it I thought I had forgot to wind the machine as it was getting slower and slower. The reproducer at that point had the old diaphragm but the new more pointed needle.. So wondering if maybe the needle was digging too easily for some reason I switched it to the other which is using an old needle.. Same effect, maybe not quite as bad, but still way to slow. I put on another record and the speed was fine.. Although I have noticed on ocassion that some records will sound a bit "off" in speed now and then. Now I wonder if its the way it was recorded or the surface is dragging the record for a bit, seems to happen in the same place on some records, but this near stopping of the record was a first on and Edison. I looked it over but couldn't detect any real difference.. Did they use some surfaces that were prone to being too soft. Its a later record, white label at least?

[neophone]

Larry,

I have yet to hear of a DD stopping the instrument. I have had a few dime-store label 78's stop one or another of my portables and even one that stopped my VV-X! (Don't remember which record, I think it was a very worn Grey Gull.) All I can think of is, was there some foreign substance on the disc? Was there any detritus on the stylus after playing the disc? Maybe some previous owner put some substance on the DD to attempt to clean it or for a more nefarious purpose.

Regards,
J.

[orthophonic]

It sounds like stuff in the record grooves or possibly it was cleaned with something that softened the condensite. Possible, anyway. . .

[gramophoneshane]

Yeh- sounds like a fault with the record to me too. I've never had this problem with any of my machines- not even a single spring motor.