Is there any reason that you could not use a Degritter with Kirmuss's potions and brush? Is there anything special about the Kirmuss Machine, or is it simply the chemicals?
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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