Can pops and clicks from vinyl records damage speakers??

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I have searched the Internet and also these forums but i can't seem to find any information regarding what thew subject asks.

Can pops, clicks or any sound artifacts produced by poorly conserved vinyl damage a hi-fi's speakers ??

Thank you !!

 

[Anonymous]

In a word "No".

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for your reply. I was just concerned as I noticed that even lifting the stylus at the end of the record could produce some noticable movement of the speaker driver and also as I think pops and clicks are high frequency and certainly annoying to my ears! Hope you are right and there is no problem irrespective of amp volume!! If anyone else can confirm or not heystak's answer would be greatly appreciated

 

[chebby]

You should not really get 'pops & clicks' if your records are chosen carefully for their condition and looked after/stored well.

It might help to find some way of having the 'worst offenders' cleaned properly.

I would not even bother listening to vinyl if I got 'pops & clicks' as you describe, especially if they are bad enough for you to be concerned about your speakers.

Contrary to the popular view on vinyl, it is potentially a very quiet medium if the disks are looked after and stored properly.

 

[Anonymous]

Thank you chebby, once again for your reply concerned with turntables, vinyl etc. I understand what you are saying but I just wanted to know the worst case scenario as i got some old records (30 even 40 year old) and I'm not really familiar with record cleaning except that brush thing which i got for removing dust! I just wanted to know if I'm risking anything listening to them! Maybe some day I will look into more serious record cleaning!

 

[harrisonaard1]

Pop's and click's are one thing and not damaging to your amp or speakers. (under 'normal' conditions. i.e. not full - scale). However - the movement from your speakers when lifting (or applying) your stylus DOES NOT come under crack or pop. Such movement may well be able to damage either amp or 'woofer'. Therefore, turning down the volume before doing this takes away any possibility of cone movement. If you have a particularly sensitive setup -

- just walking or even talking whilst listening will get back to the stylus. This is particularly annoying when making a recording (!) and your child jumps and shouts, in a free-form of dance, to the music, which quickly becomes a sort of scratch/hip-hop combo, which on a classical recording, is not welcome. Not very welcome on Led Zep either. On the cleaning issue, there is a very good product called 'AM record cleaner' (oddly enough!) which takes the static (cracks and pops) and grime out of the grooves. Job done!

 

[chebby]

noble:Maybe some day I will look into more serious record cleaning!

The 'Knosti Disco Antistat' cleaning system for around £50 or so is often recommended by other WHF members as a low cost cleaning option that actually works pretty well without harming your records.

I second the suggestion that you turn the amp down when lowering/lifting the stylus. As for floor borne vibration from heavy footfall, dancing, jumping etc, then there is no substitute for mounting the turntable on a rigid and levelled wall support like this sort of thing rawplugged into a masonry/supporting wall away from the 'direct line of fire' from your speakers.

Ignore the above if you have solid concrete floors and just avoid using the turntable on large/hollow furnture and make sure it is rigidly supported and level.

 

[Anonymous]

Thank you, thank you people, really appreciated

 

[pwiles1968]

Second the antistat, been borrowing one from a friend to clean my old records does a great job and really does sort the static, once clean buy some good quality antistat liners to put them in worth the pennies.

 

[Mike_Schmidt]

I have cleaned and cleaned with my nitty gritty two part solution and found very little for results of crackles and pops but did improve the soundstage and overall sound. I myself has wondered if crackles and pops do hurt speakers but from the answers i guess not, but dropping your needle down can cause your woofer to expand.
I have had really good luck with everything Simply Vinyl