Bring Your Vinyl LP Records Back to Life > Microscope Photos

Two microscopes used to examine record surfaces


The following are microscope photos of vinyl LP record surfaces
and grooves that illustrate source of poor sounding album. The
microscope views show the surface conditions the stylus encounters
as it tracks in the record groove. Scroll down to see examples.

Notice: the white fibers and specks in the photos are the sources audio problems.
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Side 1 LP record album
Microscope Photos
- come from examining a very small portion of the LP surface.

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Record surface
Let's look closer
at the condition of record surface under microscope.
Notice the distinctively lite grooves showing left right and center
parts of the groove.

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Record surface
Record Groove Closeup
shows the left and right channels the stylus will track music.

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Record surface
Microscope view
of debris and residue on record surface and groove.

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Record surface
Another microscope view
shows the record surface with large amount of problems.

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Record surface
Microscope view
of debris and residue on record surface and groove.

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Record surface
Microscopic groove
shows small particles on surface and in grooves.

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Record surface
Another view
of debris and residue on record surface and in the grooves.

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Record surface
Microscopic groove
shows small particles in grooves that stylus will contact.

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Record surface
Mineral depoits
left from evaporation of impure cleaning fluids.

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Record surface
More minerals
left in the grooves from cleaning fluid evaporation.

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Record surface
Major scratch
makes this part of record unplayable.

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Record surface
Tiny Insect wing
caused decay of record.

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Record surface
Record Brush
shows record debris on strands could be transferred to another record.

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Record surface
More brush strands
with specks of particles from record cleaning.

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Record surface
Notice the white specks
- the faint white along the edge and in the groves
indicates record deterioraton.

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Record surface
More examples
of debris and deterioration.

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Record surface
Something growing
in the record grooves.

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Record surface
Glob of record goo
is soft and sticky and seems to come from deterioration.

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Record surface
More goop
shows structure of the record material.

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Record surface
White spot
on record shows area of contamination caused the record to decompose.

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Record surface
Closeup of decomposition
shows the record turning to white powder.

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Record surface
Spots of residue
from previouse record cleaning solution.

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Record surface
More residue spots
on record shows accelerated decay.

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Record surface
Residue all over
shows accelerated surface deterioration.

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Record surface
White in Record grooves
illustrates decay inside grooves.

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Record surface
Dirty and scratched
record surface.

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Record surface
Minute pieces of plastic
fiber come from record edge.

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Record surface
More examples of fiber
from record edge decay.

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Record surface
Notice the record edge
illustrates source of accelerated decay problems.

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Record surface
More examples of fiber
from record edge decay.

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Record surface
Record edge
is source of debris from deterioration.

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Record surface
Expanded record edge
view shows source of accelerated decay problems.

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Record surface
Expanded record edge
another view shows source of accelerated decay problems.

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Record surface
Record edge
view shows source of accelerated decay problems.

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Record surface
Another record edge
shows different source of decay problems.

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Record surface
Record edge
Notice the fiber coming loose from edge.

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Record surface
Another record edge
more material coming loose.

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Record surface
Record edge
Notice the fiber sticking out.

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Record surface
Closer edge view
static attracts the fiber to the record surface.

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