Mission- at the risk of sounding like a vinyl advocate, I'm wondering why you have a constant snap crackle and pop on new records. Have you cleaned them before playing? If so, I wonder if the cleaning is the problem; that fluid residue is being left on the surface. I have spent much time refining my cleaning methods over the years, and even without fancy cleaning machines, I can get an effective result using a basic VPI. (That isn't to say you can't go far deeper, particularly with old copies).
Posting this in the hope that it may help- you shouldn't have to suffer noise- I can get 45 year old records to play dead quiet.
In other respects, you are absolutely right- vinyl is a PITA- it is sometimes labor intensive, quality of pressings can vary considerably, etc. Not posting this to disagree but to help.
Posting this in the hope that it may help- you shouldn't have to suffer noise- I can get 45 year old records to play dead quiet.
In other respects, you are absolutely right- vinyl is a PITA- it is sometimes labor intensive, quality of pressings can vary considerably, etc. Not posting this to disagree but to help.