I think some pressings come off the stamper noisy.
Vinyl foibles
I'd like to make this a space to ask questions about vinyl problems you're having trouble solving. I have a lot of questions, but I think it's better if we ask one at a time, or else I think we could have long lists.
Here is my first question. I have a Degritter album washer. I think it works great. I wash all my albums once, but not before I play them again and again. Somehow, though, and this includes new albums no one else has ever touched, they pick up ticks and what sounds like scratches. I rewash the album and it sounds like new again. I only touch albums by their edges. How do inner bands become so dirty that sometimes a smudge can last a minute or more? I've been playing vinyl albums for more years than many of you have lived, and I have learned to be very careful with vinyl. Are there vinyl gremlins haunting my album shelves?
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I've had similar experiences. Cleaned them with my VPI H16.5 and anti static Furutech destat 3 and I still get a new click occasionally. I use Mo Fi sleeves and I have a felt cover I use over the turntable mat. I put my albums away immediately after play. I use my stylus brush before each play. I will say the Furutech has helped considerably but, I still like you get clicks. |
Much of what is under discission is also covered in the content of the Link. https://thevinylpress.com/app/uploads/2024/03/PACVR_3rd-Ed-Ch1_2024-03.pdf I am using the Manual Cleaning Method and Static Control Method for both Vinyl and ancillaries used to keep the Vinyl controlled for surface dust. The cleaning method used is to date the best achieved with my Albums. The static controls are working fine for my purposes. |
That book is a bit much for me. I like to play record after record and throw them in my Degritter from time to time. It's not that I can't get technical, I just don't want to feel technical around my music. I really love the music and that's why I've always had a stereo since high school. It was a $100 Sears Silvertone suitcase with two speakers that folded out. I loved music as much then as I do now. I even held the records by their edges and put them back in their covers. But that was about all.
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