The Vinyl Adventure
13-06-2010, 15:48
Someone touched on this in a thread no so long ago but I thought I would point out my experience of the day
whilst doing all the bits and bobs to my tt my soundhifi mat has taken a bit of abuse. It's not been damaged, but it's been taken of and plopped on the sofa a few times and had gathered quite a lot of dust...
I noticed not ao long ago that it wasn't gripping the platter well at all, gave it a little bit of a wipe with a cloth and it was slightly better.
Well this morning prior to what I knew was going to be a fairly lengthy listening sesion this avo (hannah is at work until 9.30) I thought I'd give it a proper wash.
Warm running water was all I used, then placed it to dry on the lid of the turntable.
It is now holding the vinyl to the turntable so tightly I can grab the edge of the vinyl and it completly stops the rotation... Previously even after a wipe down with a cloth it would slip slightly.
I had actually forgotten that these mats were that efective, but when clean they really are!
So my advice, if your not already doing it, is wash that soundhifi mat with warm water once in a while ... It makes it do what it was intended to do!
My turn table now sounds tight as a ducks bum... :)
whilst doing all the bits and bobs to my tt my soundhifi mat has taken a bit of abuse. It's not been damaged, but it's been taken of and plopped on the sofa a few times and had gathered quite a lot of dust...
I noticed not ao long ago that it wasn't gripping the platter well at all, gave it a little bit of a wipe with a cloth and it was slightly better.
Well this morning prior to what I knew was going to be a fairly lengthy listening sesion this avo (hannah is at work until 9.30) I thought I'd give it a proper wash.
Warm running water was all I used, then placed it to dry on the lid of the turntable.
It is now holding the vinyl to the turntable so tightly I can grab the edge of the vinyl and it completly stops the rotation... Previously even after a wipe down with a cloth it would slip slightly.
I had actually forgotten that these mats were that efective, but when clean they really are!
So my advice, if your not already doing it, is wash that soundhifi mat with warm water once in a while ... It makes it do what it was intended to do!
My turn table now sounds tight as a ducks bum... :)