Impress Vinyl

Let’s start by understanding the basics first. What are vinyl records, exactly? Vinyl records are essentially just revolving discs that are used to store music. These analog music storage devices are typically 12 inches, 10 inches, or 7 inches in diameter and have imprinted modulated spiral grooves. Originally, these records were constructed of a material called shellac and were known by the names phonograph disc records, gramophone records, or just records. Only until Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) was used to create these recordings, around the middle of the 2000s, did the term “vinyl records” start to catch on. Records are played and recorded using record players, also known as turntables, phonographs, or gramophones. To start taking care of these records, we first delve deeper into the issue of how long vinyl records last and how to prolong the life of your records. There are several variables that affect Vinyl’s lifetime. Some claim that records can remain in good condition for more th

On a lovely Sunday afternoon, you take out your favorite vinyl record from your collection and place it on the turntable. You place the stylus on the vinyl and sit back to enjoy the music when you catch a sound that you were not expecting to hear – that of the disc wobbling on the turntable! This can only mean one thing – that your vinyl record has got bent or warped. If you hold up the disc at eye level you will be able to see the warp on it. Considering it’s a cherished record and maybe even a rare, expensive vinyl pressing, is there a way to fix it? Sadly, you cannot just bend the vinyl record back into shape as you do with a metal hanger. Some people use a clamp on bent records when they play them but this does not work on all turntables and it does not repair the warped disc. The long and short of it is that there is no magic fix-it for flattening warped vinyl records . We will list a few ways you can try using to fix the issue but before that let us see what you can do to avoid s