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Done buying new vinyl

Just bought a few albums recommended by a mag. Party by Aldous Harding and Beautiful Jazz by Christian Jacobs. The first has that slight buzzing distortion and dirty noise in one channel for the entire recording. The second has a two small clicks every revolution thru most of a side. The recording quality of the first varies from song to song. From very good to fair. But mostly dull with processing. The second is an AAA recording and is fair at best. Recorded too low and too muffled with flattened soundstage and dynamics. I have hundreds of 60s jazz and blues records that trounce these.
Should I send them back to Amazon?

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bdp24
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Do I have the numbers, realthing? In my post above, it was I asking you for the data to support your statement "all (?) modern source material being digitally recorded/mastered". Remember, I did NOT say your statement is false. I myself have never seen the data that supports or refutes your statement. Do YOU have the numbers?
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orangemath
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I'm stunned by your comment on "Beautiful Jazz." You may or may not like the music, but it has exceptional range and extremely little processing. The engineer involved is truly one of the finest in the industry.

Pressings are another matter. Clicks throughout one side would drive me crazy. I'm surprised. My pressing is perfect.
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piramis
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So are the new records made in China?
nesto719
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So Mabey its not my table that’s horrible . I even went and bought a new phono stage . Some new vinyl that I have been buying is downright horrible . Metallica justice for all album bought at best buy can t even hear the voices or drums . Sounds like a tin can . Mabey I won’t sell my rig 
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mschott
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Some new vinyl may be crap but there is plenty of really good remastered vinyl. I'm very happy with all the vinyl I've bought from MoFi. I have a Bobby Darin album. Tony Bennett, Bill Withers which is particularly good and if you can find the 45 rpm version of Donald Fagen's Nightfly. it's spectacular. Some of these are very pricey, especially the 180 gram 45 rpm remasters but they sound amazing.
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