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  How do you get past the pops and hiss of LPs?
I have recently got out my dad's old Thorens TT (TD 150 MKII) and listened to some of his old classical LP's. I think that it is a warmer sound than CD but I can't get passed all the noise. I asked my Dad and he said it always sounded that way. Am I doing something wrong? Do you just ignore the hiss and pops? Thanks in advance.

-Kevin
Kemp  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

06-18-03
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06-18-03   If you eat a bowl of kellogs rice krispies while listening y ...   Audiobugged

06-18-03   Clean everything. the record, cartridge....maybe the cartri ...   Bozo

06-18-03   I recently grabbed from the janitor's basement a huge oldies ...   Marakanetz

06-18-03   Kevin, i second the cleaning, and it may be worthwhile to h ...   Jeffloistarca

06-18-03   Your dad is right ... scratches & audible pops were pretty m ...   Rar1

06-18-03   A third vote for thoroughly clean records, but also, a good ...   Buscis2

06-18-03   You either love the music, or not? can you listen to a cheap ...   Elizabeth

06-18-03   Even at its best vinyl may give you a few ticks and pops fro ...   Inna

06-18-03   You will find that, with proper vta, which is the angle at w ...   Viridian

06-18-03   Kevin, you don't have to get a multi-kilobuck analogue rig t ...   Marakanetz

06-18-03   My poor reputation having no doubt preceded me, i will refra ...   Pbb

06-18-03   Surface noise can be minimized by careful cleaning, and care ...   Eldartford

06-18-03   i politly disagree, i believe noise can eliminated. i rare ...   G_m_c

06-18-03   Switch from classical to rock to drown out the sound of the ...   Rockvirgo

06-18-03   You can pretend you are listening with a big roaring fire in ...   Danvetc

06-18-03   If the records are permanently damaged, no cleaning will bri ...   Sean

06-19-03   I beleive sean has nailed this one, no amount of cleaning or ...   Cylinderking_1

06-19-03   Sean is right on with his comments. the issue is not lps it ...   Nrchy

06-20-03   Actually hiss is recorded on vinyl, its tape hiss, which can ...   inpepinnovations@

06-20-03   But you do hear tape hiss on a cd sourced from analog tape o ...   Viridian

06-20-03   I guess that i just listen to the music. if you want to make ...   Twl

06-20-03   Folks who say to get cds are partially right. it's realy eas ...   Marakanetz

06-20-03   Inpepinnovations@ i'm sure you understand that i am not talk ...   Nrchy

06-20-03   Allow me to draw a metaphor of sorts. as a recording engine ...   Backtoanalog

06-21-03   How come the vinyl lovers are all able to "tune-out&quo ...   inpepinnovations@

06-21-03   Viridian, i don't know what the source of hiss is on those c ...   inpepinnovations@

06-21-03   I'd rather get all of the music and a little hiss from time ...   Nrchy

06-21-03   Nrchy, aren't you just discussing which part is missing on w ...   inpepinnovations@

06-21-03   Because they sound better!   Nrchy

06-21-03   Perhaps, but not because they are not missing information an ...   inpepinnovations@

06-21-03   The best analog master tape recorders used dbx or other kind ...   Eldartford

06-21-03   Twl and co: talk about selective logic. all this dubious st ...   Pbb

06-21-03   And yet, eldartford, vinyl proponents will tell you that lp ...   inpepinnovations@

06-21-03   Pbb, tlak about the pot calling the kettle black. yours is a ...   Motdathird

06-21-03   Motdathird, a very well reasoned response. i have had many ...   Nrchy

06-21-03   I apologize to kemp. i see that he said he is using the thor ...   Motdathird

06-21-03   Inpepinnovations@, i would take issue with your statement th ...   Viridian

06-21-03   This is the same old problem here. someone new to analog ask ...   Rockinroni

06-21-03   Vinyl that is both clean and with undamaged tracks are quiet ...   sstark@

06-21-03   Wow, viridian, you enjoy hearing noise that is 20db higher i ...   inpepinnovations@

06-21-03   Rockinroni, "this is bass that a cd player cannot match ...   inpepinnovations@

06-21-03: Eldartford
Rockinroni...Perhaps your phono pickup could track LF vertical modulation of an LP groove, but there isn't any because the recording engineer was producing the LP for people with ordinary playback equipment.

Frankly, listening 15 to 20 dB into noise gives me a headache.

Eldartford  (Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)


06-21-03   Peppy, we are talking about well recorded sources here; dire ...   Viridian

06-21-03   I reread all the above... whew!!1 i have gone back to lp. i ...   Elizabeth

06-21-03   Kemp, another thing occured to me. there is a product for s ...   Nrchy

06-21-03   Motdaturd, seems your apologies are not addressed to the rig ...   Pbb

06-21-03   Is it so hard to understand that different individuals have ...   Unsound

06-21-03   Exactly. i do find it interesting that there seem to be a lo ...   Viridian

06-22-03   Inpepinnovations@aol.com your rig is entry level, you will ...   Rockinroni

06-22-03   Until you reach a certain level of digital playback quality ...   Sean

06-21-03   Pbb, as you nearly always do, you misquote what someone else ...   Motdathird

06-22-03   Rockinroni, if i recall correctly, you said that even an ent ...   inpepinnovations@

06-22-03   Viridian, agreed. however, even though dynamic range is an ...   inpepinnovations@

06-22-03   Rocky, you hanv't heard my modified wollensak 8-track player ...   Viridian

06-22-03   Rockinroni said, "your rig is entry level, you will not ...   Onhwy61

06-22-03   But then rockinroni said that a systemdek with rega arm at 7 ...   inpepinnovations@

06-22-03   Viridian, listening into 20db of noise (i guess this is like ...   inpepinnovations@

06-22-03   Bob, i would never argue with you about sensitivity to audib ...   Viridian

06-22-03   Rockinroni...shure my shure finds lots of lf on lps (my subw ...   Eldartford

06-22-03   This will greatly reduce or elimimate clicks and pops if the ...   Coouugar

06-23-03   I will clear this up for you. if you read my posts you will ...   Rockinroni

06-23-03   Rockinroni: boy, you are some piece of work! so, your si ...   Rar1

06-23-03   Viridian, i have a better idea of what you mean by dynamic r ...   inpepinnovations@

06-23-03   Rockinroni, can we hope that you are abandoning this thread? ...   inpepinnovations@

06-23-03   Bob, measureing dynamic range at home is fraught with diffic ...   Viridian

06-23-03   Veridian, yes, but i am talking about actual measurements an ...   inpepinnovations@

06-23-03   Kevin- in addition to what has already been said about clea ...   Jimbo3

06-23-03   Jim nice post, but alas your information has fallen on deaf ...   Rockinroni

06-23-03   As a strong proponent of analog, who can also recognize the ...   Motdathird

06-23-03   Rockinroni: my comments still stand. there was no forwardi ...   Rar1

06-24-03   Well said rich, i agree with you, i just get tired of some p ...   Rockinroni

06-25-03   Hey guys, this is some pretty funny stuff. i posted on this ...   Buscis2

06-26-03   Ease up guys relax!!!!!! how do you get past hiss and pops?? ...   Sol322

06-28-03   Sol322 . i know you meant well but these types of smart al ...   Rockinroni


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