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I've had it work for vinyl, but I've only done it when it was untrackable at 3 grams. So only a few times. And even after it's fixed, it's still hill-and-dale hell, so usually not even worth listening or transferring. But since so much interesting stuff is out of print or never made it to CD, a fella needs an arsenal of tricks. -- Tom Fine ----- Original Message ----- From: "steven c" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 5:48 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] De-static question > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Fine" <[log in to unmask]> > >> I think the only time you'd do this -- EVER -- would be if you cannot dial > your tonearm heavy enough >> to track a very badly warped record. And I think you'd be better off > investing in a couple of plates >> of 13"x13" glass and putting the record in an oven on the WARM setting and > no higher for an hour or >> two and then turning the oven off and letting it cool to room temp. The > top plate of glass should be >> heavier than the bottom plate, so gravity can be your ally. I'd much > rather take measures on the >> vinyl than on the cartridge and tonearm. >> > While that method works just fine for shellac discs (78's), I tend to > wonder how well it would work on vinyl records. With vinyl, the warpage > as actually caused by expansion, and not by the substance becoming more > flexible as its temperature rises... > > Steven C. Barr