Why do vinyls skip ?

Note my needle is brand new. I mean the vinyl looks flawless yet at some points they loop or skip. Does constatly playing them cause to skip ? Also does a good turntable help ?

If it doesn't happen on alot of your records, it's probably just an imperfection in the pressing.

ok check the vinyl real good make sure there's nothing in the groove use your bionic eye to look close, if there's like a piece of white stuff on it scrap it off with your nail, usually thats what causes skips or loops if it's not scratched,

check you r tone arm make sure it's weighed out correctly and check the anti-skateing you have to make those adjustment to your needle manual.
other then that clean it real good before you play it ,

make sure it's level too your turn table.
good luck with that let me know what happens

Word ^^^ it did work on a couple of them

BUT My **** Fishscale album still skips on Dogs of war and its brand new

if i cant see anything in the groove i do this .I place the needle ahead of where it skips then backspin the record to where it skips. I'll repeat that a couple times -If that doesnt work I scratch on the record where it skips. I just do whatever to f*ck around with it to knock a small dirt out the groove. This doesn't usually work, if it doesnt work after a minutes, give up, and try scratching the groove where it skips with your finger nail.

juxt wrote:if i cant see anything in the groove i do this .I place the needle ahead of where it skips then backspin the record to where it skips. I'll repeat that a couple times -If that doesnt work I scratch on the record where it skips. I just do whatever to f*ck around with it to knock a small dirt out the groove. This doesn't usually work, if it doesnt work after a minutes, give up, and try scratching the groove where it skips with your finger nail.

no ...thats a bad recommendation this cause's a static sound over that spot and you can't get rid of it ever,

plus your creating a new gruv which will cause it to skip around that area, destroying the record permanently.

best thing to do is just clean it , very very well.

i would recommend your idea as last last resort.

The brandnew needle could be the reason for the skipping.
Some needles you have to "break in". Try leaving it on the record overnight.

Peter Quistgard wrote:The brand new needle could be the reason for the skipping.
Some needles you have to "break in". Try leaving it on the record overnight.

WTF? i never heard that one before ,explain that to someone that uses a 500.00 audio file needle.

the main ting is to balance out correctly according to your needle read the instruction on how to do this, it's all in the package when you buy your needle.

come onn guy's some of these answers are ridiculous there's a sticky post on the top of this forum for stuff like this ,do some research in there, you guys are goin to waste more money and distroy more records then you think if you keep up with some of these ideas,
i dont expect you guy's to know things right of the bat especially if you were born in the 80's turntables were goin through some changes and cd's were coming in to play and your folks prolly never educated you guys on this stuff. but there's some great info on this forum to help you guy's MPC4000xl posted up some realy great stuff that has gotten a sticky post to help out others , VINYL CARE,VINYL CLEANING AND MORE. take a look
peace

Chapter 1

Accelerating Break-In (M44-7)

* Normal break-in time takes about two weeks. The bearing, a critical part of the stylus suspension system, is stiff from the factory. Skip resistance improves with use.
* You can speed up the break in period by leaving the cartridge in the record groove, with the turntable turned off, for two hours each night letting nature (gravity) do its thing.

http://www.shure.com/ProAudio/Products/ ... _bookshure

i experienced this with most of the needles i've used. they're all more in the 50$ price range though.

but you're right, you should not care about anything else if your tonearm isn't set up properly and your turntable doesnt stand even.

Question, do you think its good to scrach the dirt of with the mini brush that came with my needle

Tentends wrote:Question, do you think its good to scrach the dirt of with the mini brush that came with my needle

your talkin about the tip of the stylus right? thats what it's for just be very careful, i dont have the brush cuz mine didnt come with one but i use a piece of paper and rub up to the diamond and then blow off the dust,
but we have those brushes on the needles at work and thats what i use .

Oh no i was talking using the mini brush on the parts that skip on the records, i just did a couple and it works but does it damage them ?

^^i dont know about using the brush for that. i'm not sure it will work, but if you get it to work use it.

@Peter Quistgard man i leanrt something . i didnt know that i use stantontrackmasters so i neever had any problem with those plus i still got some old ass needle i needle back in the 80's that still work good too,
but i just picked up one of those 44-7 so ima have to open it and r ead up on it, that was new to me, thanks for that info

you're welcome!
what's strange about the 44-7s is that they are pretty much skipresistant in dj use but tend to skip for absolutely no reason sometimes when you're just listening, not skipping in a loop, just once. still my favorite needles though.

juxt wrote:if i cant see anything in the groove i do this .I place the needle ahead of where it skips then backspin the record to where it skips. I'll repeat that a couple times -If that doesnt work I scratch on the record where it skips. I just do whatever to f*ck around with it to knock a small dirt out the groove. This doesn't usually work, if it doesnt work after a minutes, give up, and try scratching the groove where it skips with your finger nail.

i do exsactly thuis^^