NickofWimbledon
pfm Member
This is another vote for taking it off when playing records and putting it back when you are not - on LP12 and RP3 anyway.
Seriously, try it half way. Best compromise.
I’ve never owned a record player so I have to ask?, why should the position of the toilet seat lid make a difference?
there is some science behind whether 'up or down'.
One of the big problems with record reproduction is that the vinyl record is prone to picking up vibrations from the loudspeaker, so proximity to a loudspeaker is important. This source of vibration is often overlooked as evidenced by the myriad of pics of people's systems with the record player right next to one (or both) loudspeakers. Even if bass feedback frequencies don't 'seem' to be a problem, the record will vibrate to some extent, lessening the fidelity of reproduction.
This points to lid down. BUT, the flimsy acrylic lids on many record players can/will vibrate, and as acrylic has very little damping, those vibrations will be transferred to the rest of the record player, causing smearing of the sound.
The answer is not simple. Move the record player/s to another room (not possible in most situations). Use a lid fit for purpose, again not possible in most situations. Take remedial action by damping the record, obviously from underneath, but with weight/puck/clamp on top. The platter mat must have significant damping ability, of similar mechanical impedance to the record, but of dis-similar MI to the platter. HTH
Christ, this is basically what I said four pages ago.
The answer is perfectly simple. Take the lid off.