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Frustrated with Vinly

Hey All,

Just coming here to let out out my frustration with Vinyl. I know that Vinyl takes patience but it's frustrating when playing some of my newer records and they have noises that I do not want to hear. Meaning, I try to clean them and they still have noise (pops, crackles, etc). When playing at low volumes of course you do not hear as much but when I turn up the volume is when it gets irritating. 

I can understand if older vinyl would sound like this but these are my newer records that I bought (amazon or barnes and nobles).

Now, I know the products that I am using are probably not great in the first place and I will probably need to upgrade to some more serious cleaner).

Currently trying to use a combo of: Kaiu Vinyl record cleaning set and I have also tried the Audio Technica AT6012 Record Care Kit.

So now I am considering either a Spin Clean type system or Pro-Ject  VC-S2 ALU Type cleaning system.

Any suggestions?

I almost want to give up on Vinyl sometimes and stick to digital (cd, hi res files, qobuz streaming).

Current equipment: denon dp-300f w/2m blue cart.

Thanks

Jay
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uberwaltz
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Jay23
Stick with the tapes!
I have nearly as many tapes as records!
I use two Nakamichi decks and with the zx7 replay is outstanding.
Enjoy!
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chakster
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One scratch on CD and you’re done, you can’t remove it and your CD will stuck on one note. Awful format in 21st century when downloads is almost free and digital can be stored on hard drive (on even cloud) in high resolution files (better than 16bit CDs).

The digital is definitely not about CDs, it’s about high-res files on hard drive and a proper DACs to reproduce it. Still so boring compared to original vinyl.

Tapes are definitely more fun. 
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I have a Denon DRS-810 for a cassette deck.
It's decent and still working.
orpheus10
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Jay73, I have no idea why so many people who've commented know you and them and talking about apples and oranges, while they pretend that you're talking about the same thing.

A very expensive high end TT, plus phono pre, and cartridge are required for the noise to music ratio to get to the point where the noise disappears. It takes long green and a lot of it.
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theo1124
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This past Saturday I bought a sweet vinyl sugar cube mini. This unit does the job and removes most of the noise a record has. It will not take a flea market reject and turn it into an audiophile pressing but it works really well and significantly improves the vinyl listening experience. It is a little pricey but I bought it with Music Direct 12 month free financing.
https://www.musicdirect.com/analog-accessories/SweetVinyl-SugarCube-SC-1-Mini
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