Lid, On or Off?
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Bob_in_OKC
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I'll bite. I'll say preferred is off completely. 2nd-best is down. 3rd-best is up.
Brett a
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Whichever you like. Try it different ways and have a listen.
Some figure that when you play the LP with the lid down, it protects the tonearm from sound waves and the LP surface from dust and lint.
Some say when dust covers are on the 'table at all, they add to the vibrational energy, turning the 'table into a type of resonating box.
I think most would agree the worst thing you could do is play the album with the dustcover propped open. Then you're getting the worst of both scenarios; no dust protection and the thing sticking up there like a sail, catching any sound waves in the area and transferring them to the plinth.
My 'table never had one. (It's an aftermarket option.). Personally, I don't like the way they make a 'table look. I prefer an open-faced presentation. :yes:
Try your on and down, then play the same record at the same volume with the cover off completely. See if you can hear any difference.
Some figure that when you play the LP with the lid down, it protects the tonearm from sound waves and the LP surface from dust and lint.
Some say when dust covers are on the 'table at all, they add to the vibrational energy, turning the 'table into a type of resonating box.
I think most would agree the worst thing you could do is play the album with the dustcover propped open. Then you're getting the worst of both scenarios; no dust protection and the thing sticking up there like a sail, catching any sound waves in the area and transferring them to the plinth.
My 'table never had one. (It's an aftermarket option.). Personally, I don't like the way they make a 'table look. I prefer an open-faced presentation. :yes:
Try your on and down, then play the same record at the same volume with the cover off completely. See if you can hear any difference.
I agree with Bob (edit...and Brett). My main table didn't come with a dust cover. With any sort of turntable, you want to minimize vibration, which can come from either the turntable motor itself, or through the air in the form of sound waves, or through whatever the turntable is sitting on from the vibrations of the floor or wall do to either sound or foot falls, etc, and having a big loosely attached plastic lid on the turntable just doesn't seem like a good way to combat those vibrations. At normal listening volume it may not make a big difference. My girlfriend leaves the covers on her Technics 1210s and they still manage to sound pretty well isolated.
weeber
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I'm usually forced to listen at a fairly low volume (after the kiddies have gone night-night) and I usually sit quite close to the TT. The sound from the needle bugs me so I usually close the lid. I should just do this: 
When I play louder I keep the lid open as it has the type of plastic hinges that just have a thin spot that bends and I'm scared opening and closing the lid will cause these to break (like bending a paperclip back and forth).
I would ditch the lid, but I want to keep tiny fingers out.:nono:
When I play louder I keep the lid open as it has the type of plastic hinges that just have a thin spot that bends and I'm scared opening and closing the lid will cause these to break (like bending a paperclip back and forth).
I would ditch the lid, but I want to keep tiny fingers out.:nono:
Bob_in_OKC
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weeber
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And yet you keep coming back! :scratch2:
Doug G.
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I yell at mine when it's up so I leave it down whenever I can.
I have always heard that the cover will throw the tracking force off. Of course that is hard to document.
I don't to have to worry about this because my shelf is not deep enough to use my cover.
I don't to have to worry about this because my shelf is not deep enough to use my cover.
Analog King
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Off.
