It has not been my informal observation that a warp will go away with tight vertical storage alongside flat LPs. But, as suggested, I never conducted the experiment in a formal controlled manner. And I don't have 30 more years in which to do it. As I recall, the other way to get rid of warps is to press the LP between two panes of glass and heat the ensemble to some specified temperature for some unspecified time, which is after all what the Orb does.
Brand new vinyl - what’s acceptable to you?
I just ordered a dozen new albums - this time all 180 g variants. The Norah Jones had a scratch on it coming out of the paper sleeve the first time. (Separate gripe - why do they package ostensibly “audiophile” albums in crappy sleeves which might actually damage a record?). I’ll return the Norah Jones. But, the Miles Davis album has a noisy spot 1/4 the way through the first track. I’ll try cleaning the record but usually don’t have to for a new album. Or should I as a better practice? (This old dog can learn new habits).
Fortunately, the Pat Metheny is dead quiet - thank you ECM! All my ECM vinyl - even from decades ago are quiet. However, my experience is that ECM is very much an outlier: that most labels will come with some noise.
I’m working my way through all the albums but it made me want to poll the group: How much noise do you accept on a new pressing? Do you have a rule of thumb for what to reject?
Thanks,
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@mulveling As one of those people who's "driving up the cost for the rest of us" I will defend my position by saying this. When LP manufacturers are hyping their product as the best thing since sliced bread. Re-mastered, 180 gram vinyl, bla bla bla. And are charging $40 - $60. Then I take the time to run the LP though my ultra sonic cleaner and play it on a pretty good system and I hear beautiful music, but with some snap crackle pop. I'm sorry but that product is going back. I wouldn't buy a new car with a noticeable scratch in the paint, or a new listening chair with a slight tear in the leather. Why should I accept poor quality in supposedly high end vinyl? But hey, that's just me. Cheers. |
Receiving a scratched or noisy new record is disappointing. Often when I've returned a noisy record its replacement is also noisy. Bad pressing! On a parallel topic, I have found that many (probably most) new pressings of old records have been digitized. I've heard that after 1980 all music was stored digitally. And I can hear it. So, either I'm buying remasters that were pressed from the original analogue tapes, or looking for mint- used alsbums. |
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