@mgrif104 that’s not bad. I’m sure they’ll exchange the bad Norah Jones record.
You reminded me that I have a Scheherazade with Eugine Ormandy on Columbia stereo pressing from 1962 that I bought at a thrift store for around a dollar and change about 3-4 years ago. The record looks mint. Most likely never even removed from its sleeve. I’ve had it sitting around and never played it. So I gave Scheherazade a nice bath of tergikleen followed by a rinse and the thew it into USCM and man it’s really perfect. Sounds incredible.
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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@audphile1 nice find! While I’m quite pleased with mine - it wasn’t around a dollar in cost! I’ve been going through pressings at thrift/antique stores. Most have looked pretty shabby. I’ll be getting a humminguru so maybe I don’t need to be so afraid. To be fair, not all of the old records look shabby, but I’ve never wanted a copy of the Partridge Family. “Not that there’s anything wrong with that”. That’s just me. Best, |
@mgrif104 I think @vair68robert is talking about this https://hudsonhifi.com/products/antistaticbrush I’ve been looking at this as well but 1) not fan of gluing attachments to my turntable and 2) zerostat is pretty effective at removing static. |
Yes the Hudson HiFi , you don't glue it you use a double sided tape , I have it about 180 degrees from the cartridge , The anti static brush and zero stat remove electric charges before you play , the is removing the static electric as it's generated while playing the record . I used a static removing brush that was supposed to remove the charge thru your body , it didn't seem to work well in the winter .
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