/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Anonymous No.1730917]

I live in an rv and I love playing my records but I've got the problem of when I'm moving around occasionally it will skip due to the house moving any ideals on a remedy for this

[Anonymous No.1730918]

Shock absorbers

[Anonymous No.1730920]

>>1730917
don't play records in an rv.
don't play records on a chink record player
use your outriggers

[Anonymous No.1730928]

>>1730920
This is my home
I've been through 3 turntables in a year and I'm not a millionare
And I've got them out
Thanks for the advise though prick

[Anonymous No.1730930]

>>1730917
Don't use a cheap turntable to play neo-dadrock poop. Also, for the price of those 3 crosleys you could've bought one good turntable.

[Anonymous No.1730947]

>>1730917
Back around the turn of the century there was a turntable made for cars, supposedly very difficult to make it skip. It was some Japanese company, smaller one. All I can remember.

[Anonymous No.1730950]

>>1730917
Get a better table (used),
Adjust tracking force down to max of whatever cart you have
place on foam rubber with a layer of denser rubber below, idealy one density for each type of jolt it will recieve but i think some mat and a sheet of matress foam will suffice.

Or (/and) get a linear tracking table from the 80s/90s

>>1730947
Ya they even made handheld walkman types, all of linear traxking design

[Anonymous No.1730957]

>>1730917
Buy a waterbed and then play the records on that

[Anonymous No.1730960]

>>1730917
Your record player is a piece of shit, get a good one. Put it on its own piece of furniture, not hanging off the side of your Ostadig Ikea table. Picture related. Also what moron places a thing the makes smoke and ash RIGHT NEXT to something that is highly susceptible to smoke and ash? I thought you new age fuckwits were all about the "purity" of vinyl or some shit. It seems more likely that you are some hipster shithead that has no clue about how to actually use records.

[Anonymous No.1730961]

>>1730917
Put pennies on the arm above the needle.
>>1730960
Hey cheap record players help keep vinyl alive who cares?

[Anonymous No.1731002]

>>1730961
>Put pennies on the arm above the needle.
Put pennies in a jar and save for an actual tonearm.

With the death of physical media vinyl is actually doing quite well compared to any other obsoleted media in history.
anyone wanna buy my copy of back to the future on CED?

[Anonymous No.1731032]

>>1730917
Move to a beautifully steady house.

[Anonymous No.1731075]

>>1730928
>3 turntables in a year and I'm not a millionare
so you could have bought a good one by now, but NOOOOO!

[Anonymous No.1731076]

>>1730928
so which is it? do you live in an RV or a home?

[Anonymous No.1731327]

>>1730917
Remote control car coilovers. Latch it down when driving

[Anonymous No.1731328]

>>1730917
>Greta Van Fleet

comin man just listen to Zep and embrace the fact that you're a boomer

[Anonymous No.1731335]

>>1731076
An RV is a kind of vehicle. A home is a place where a person lives long-term.

[Anonymous No.1731341]

>>1730928
>Lives in rv
>Wastes money on records

[Anonymous No.1731343]

>>1730917
>no Technics SL-1210 MK2
meh

[Anonymous No.1731367]

>I live in an rv

What is this like? Do you have a permanent address?

[Anonymous No.1731380]

>>1730917
this is an extreme example of absolutely unnecessary pointless space and money wasting extravagance which is an absolute no brainer to not have in a small space

It's almost like you're asking us to troubleshoot the bowling alley in your rv which isn't working well

[Anonymous No.1731486]

>>1730917
This is a solved problem. Just watch pic related. Since you have enough space for a bunch of outdated plastic disks, you should have no problem fitting an abrams tank. It might get a bit noisy and smell like exhaust but I am sure you can handle it.

[Anonymous No.1731495]

>>1730917
Either shock mount the turntable, or only play records while stationary. If you love the vintage sound, just record FLACs off the turntable and play them back through your hi-fi while you're driving.
> Wonder if you'd even notice the difference if you just used spotify through the same speakers.

[Anonymous No.1731532]

>>1730917
Chrysler figured this shit out 65 years ago.
https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/1956-chrysler-highway-hi-fi-detroits-first-in-car-record-player/

[Anonymous No.1731569]

Put an air ride suspension on the RV. When you park it, put concrete blocks under the frame and drop the suspension. Now when parked your RV can no longer move around.

Or stop living like a hobo.

[Anonymous No.1731573]

>>1730960
Dude... You're criticizing the intelligence of a person that lives in a fucking RV.

[Anonymous No.1731604]

>>1730917
Get a bowl with a lid that your turntable can fit on. Get a bowl that's larger by 2 inches in diameter. put some marbles or something similar into larger bowl in one layer on bottom. Put smaller bowl on top of marbles. Put more marble around edges. Done

[Anonymous No.1731625]

>>1731076
Home is where your heart is.

[Anonymous No.1731701]

>>1730917
Hi anon. I was thinking of living out of my van next year. How does insurance work? Like I assume you still need to put in a "permanent address". I was thinking of just using my grandmas address (with her permission) as I don't think it would cause any problems.
As far as mails goes can you just rent a PO box?

[Anonymous No.1731800]

>>1730928
Jesus.. get a fucking job already you fucking hobo.

[Anonymous No.1731802]

>>1731573

[Anonymous No.1732106]

>>1731604
That doesn't absorb shocks, it only allows articulation of the surface which isn't the problem.

[Anonymous No.1732113]

>>1731002
Because 1) Most 20th century music was never converted to digital so if you like older music you pretty much have to start buying vinyl at some point 2) It arguably sounds better because it's uncompressed 3) record covers are basically large decorative artworks which is probably the main reason why zoomers buy vinyl along with 4) it's a cultural icon like film photography which has also not died
>>1731343
I have a Technics SU-X911

[Anonymous No.1732142]

>>1730917
Put it in a pair of gimbals, like they do with stove mounts on boats. It only has to rock left and rignt, and forwards and backwards.

[Anonymous No.1732161]

>>1730917
dont use a Crosley

[Anonymous No.1732217]

>MP3 player
>Low pass filter
>Add noise
>Add pops
>Add a tiny bit of wah wah at the right frequency
Records are a RETARDED format, but you can replicate that "unique" sound perfectly with a little DSP. Software to do it is common.

[Anonymous No.1732324]

>>1732217
>the vinyl sound is just crackle
kys zoomer

[Anonymous No.1732410]

>>1732217
>Low pass filter
>Implying that records have less bandwidth than a low bitrate MP3.

[Anonymous No.1732434]

Build one of these for it

[Anonymous No.1732451]

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/555840/highway-hi-fi-chrysler-car-record-player

[Anonymous No.1732453]

>>1732451
Yeah, we know.
>>1731532

[Anonymous No.1732536]

>>1730917
suspend it in the air with wires

[Anonymous No.1733297]

>>1730917
>greta von fleek
>LP
fucking hate millennials and hipsters

[Anonymous No.1733300]

>>1733297
At least its getting destroyed by the terrible stylus and heavy tracking weight of the crosley

[Anonymous No.1733659]

Crossleys are dog shit. Look at used record players that have a shock on the turntable itself. I bought a pro-dj quality one for like 15 @ a flea market.

[Anonymous No.1733666]

>>1730917
>digitally recorded vinyl press
lmao
people actually fall for this shit

[Anonymous No.1733734]

>>1733666
Hey satan, I buy records to support small artists

[Anonymous No.1733738]

>>1730917
did you try the shipping container

[Anonymous No.1733874]

>>1731328
i listen to both

[Anonymous No.1733876]

>>1731486
>abrams
shut the hell up
thats obviously a Leopard

[Anonymous No.1734254]

>>1733734
>I buy records to support small artists
That is actually honorable.

[Anonymous No.1734958]

Hang it from the ceiling?

[Anonymous No.1734963]

>>1732536
Yeah like a boat stove, it might actually work

[Anonymous No.1734969]

>>1730957
i was gonna suggest, floating the record player in shallow pool of water.
but still need something to stabilize it somewhat

this is an interesting problem op.

[Anonymous No.1734970]

>>1730917
Fucking Magnets

[Anonymous No.1736780]

>>1730917
stop living in an RV

[Anonymous No.1736938]

>>1730917
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=car+record+player

There you go. You can get modern manufacture ones (same obsolete design, tho) for about $130 bucks.

/thread

[Anonymous No.1737269]

>>1730917
Old school... tape a dime to the head adding weight so it wont jump.

Down side it cuts slightly deeper grooves in the LP and the needle will wear out a little faster.

[Anonymous No.1737378]

>>1736938
you can’t /thread yourself anon
that’s not the standard protocol for 4chin

[Anonymous No.1737551]

>>1732410
>>Implying that records have less bandwidth than a low bitrate MP3.
Discerning between a record and the source is easy. Anyone could tell you which was the record because it introduces some pretty iconic distortion and noise, and records are mastered to reduce playback artifacts like skipping by reducing bass and treble. A record also has a very limited dynamic range of 50-60db, which is sharply less than the human ear is capable of.
Telling the difference between a modern 128kb/s mp3 and the source is difficult. Some can do it by listening closely for classic mp3 distortion in complex sounds like cymbal crashes, but the average person off the street can't tell. At 192kb/s even the experts have an extremely difficult time determining which is which in an A/B test. At 256kb/s it's simply impossible to tell which is which.
Therefore vinyl has less effective bandwidth than mp3 at commonly used data rates.

[Anonymous No.1737569]

>>1730961
It actually doesnt because cheap players will shave out the grooves and make sure the record unplayable in two years.
>>1730917
Im going to give you the actual awnser: Without MASSIVE compromises you cant. If OP is your turntable and it still skips there's not much hope. The crosleys track at over 5gm which is very heavy. Anymore and you start going into gramophone levels of tracking weight which will completely ruin your records in no time. There is still a potential solution : Going the DJ route. DJ carts track very well and are designed to stick to the groove. You will need to ditch the crosley and get a decent turntable with removable cartridges, heads, adjustable tracking (over 5 grams) and accommodate fairly heavy cartridges. I suggest you go the vintage used route. The technics SL-1000 range is comprised of some of the best turntables ever made and the SL-1200 is objectively the best TT ever conceived. You can get excellent TTs for as little as 150$ though and 50$ if you know how to repair them which is usually fairly easy and inexpensive. What to avoid: Thin plinths, total weight under 5kg, Straight arms, Plastic tonearms, Small platters, plastic platters. Next step is to get an ortofon concord cartridge. An OM Pro should do the trick. Theres a fuckton of them in the used market for about 50$. Dont forget to replace the stylus if its used up.
Next step is furniture. Get a nice heavy wooden TV/Hifi rack. Should be easy to find for free. then bolt it to the ground and put the TT on it (maybe bolt it too). If it still doesnt work give up. There is a TT that can play in an RV. Problem: it was commissioned by some arab prince living in an apartment on the top of the Burj Khalifa because the shaking building made his TT skip. Not for the common folk.

[Anonymous No.1737615]

>>1730917
1. Buy an Audio-Technica LP60
2. Buy powered speakers or a stereo receiver with passive speakers
3. Toss that plastic briefcase in the trash

[Anonymous No.1737630]

>>1737615
probably not going to solve his skipping problem.

[Anonymous No.1737709]

>>1730917
Put it in park

[Anonymous No.1737874]

>>1732434
I mean that frees up all the rotation axis and all, but that's not really the problem. The angular velocity and acceleration of an RV shouldn't be a problem. The main problems is translational acceleration in the vertical direction which will cause a skip that resumes as if it kept playing normally, and acceleration perpendicular to the tracking arm which will cause it to skip grooves. For the perpendicular one to occur it needs to be a combination of both to get out of the groove.

Beyond suspending and dampening the entire player or spring loading your arm and destroying your records, getting a linear tracking player like >>1730950 mentioned is your best bet. It entirely solves the issue of acceleration perpendicular to the grooves, and I feel like since you don't have a large cantilevered arm, you can get away with normal tracking force.

In fact the more I think about it, increasing the tracking weight by means of a cantilevered beam with a counterweight (which is probably what your player has), would actually increase skipping since it's moving the CG further away from the pivot point, increasing the moment about the CG created by the pivot point.

[Anonymous No.1737882]

>>1732106
Use bouncy ball then.

[Anonymous No.1737906]

>>1730917
>Crosley
>Greta van fleet