Warped Vinyl Sound Worse

Warped vinyl can lead to a wobbly sounding rendition of your favorite song.

Warped vinyl sound worse.

Guide to flattening warped vinyl records on june 23rd 2016 by levi sheppard short of buying a replacement copy of your prized records there really isn t a quick and easy way to alleviate the pain of having a bent or warped record on your hands and buying new isn t always an option. Very few additives can be mixed into clear vinyl without jeopardizing the opacity which means there is a potential for worse sound quality albeit this drop is often imperceptible to the common listener. A few exceptions exist. Further every knob and switch is connected to a little digital brain while your guitar signal stays 100 analog the entire time and never gets digitally processed.

You ll need two sheets of glass larger than your album but small enough to fit in your oven. Clear vinyl picture discs and glow in the dark pressings are more susceptible to poor playback. Then take the glass and record out of the oven and place a heavy object on top of the glass until everything is fully cooled. If you re in a rush you can quickly fix a warped vinyl record using an oven.

First place the record between 2 sheets of glass and heat it in the oven at 175 degrees fahrenheit for 3 minutes.