So you have multiple speed settings (33.3RPM, 45RPM etc.), but most if not all players also have a little adjustment knob to tweak those settings more precisely.
Good players will have it on the front, and will have a strobe to help you adjust that (the little dots you see on the outside of the platter on fancy players). However, cheaper players may not have an easy way to adjust, and some (like mine) hide the knob under so it's a pain to adjust.
Cheaper players are more likely to come misconfigured from the factory. I asked a lot of friends (who are amateurs, not audiophiles) to test this app out and every single one had a turntable that required adjustment. Mine's running at 34.6 RPM which is just 3% off, but when listening to my favorite albums I can definitely tell that it's too fast and too high pitched.
The speed will also sometimes drift slowly over time, which is why it took me a while to notice my table was off.
If you have a turntable, you can try listening to the same song from a record and from a digital release, and see if you can hear a difference. If you do, I know just the app for you!
Good players will have it on the front, and will have a strobe to help you adjust that (the little dots you see on the outside of the platter on fancy players). However, cheaper players may not have an easy way to adjust, and some (like mine) hide the knob under so it's a pain to adjust.
Cheaper players are more likely to come misconfigured from the factory. I asked a lot of friends (who are amateurs, not audiophiles) to test this app out and every single one had a turntable that required adjustment. Mine's running at 34.6 RPM which is just 3% off, but when listening to my favorite albums I can definitely tell that it's too fast and too high pitched.
The speed will also sometimes drift slowly over time, which is why it took me a while to notice my table was off.
If you have a turntable, you can try listening to the same song from a record and from a digital release, and see if you can hear a difference. If you do, I know just the app for you!