The surfaces of vinyl records are fragile. Many people simply will not admit this simple fact. When the surface is damaged from physical contact with anything, including a stylus, it will have scratches, gouges, indentations and such. If you consider that a great many records are not pressed very well to start with and are otherwise mishandled at the factory (glue from the sleeve finding tis way on to the record is one such example), you have another bunch of LPs with noise issues.
The other source is something you can do something about to a certain extent and that is dirt. I include in "dirt" the oil from finger prints. A simple solution there: never touch the surfaces with bare hands, always handle LPs by the edge and by the label.
Audiophiles have now accepted that vinyl records must be washed with some sort of solution and scrubbed by some sort of contraption.
I still believe in cleaning records with a carbon brush only to avoid a chemical deterioration of the vinyl.
If silver discs are not starting to look more attractive by now, you are a committed vinyl freak and very trendy person!
The other source is something you can do something about to a certain extent and that is dirt. I include in "dirt" the oil from finger prints. A simple solution there: never touch the surfaces with bare hands, always handle LPs by the edge and by the label.
Audiophiles have now accepted that vinyl records must be washed with some sort of solution and scrubbed by some sort of contraption.
I still believe in cleaning records with a carbon brush only to avoid a chemical deterioration of the vinyl.
If silver discs are not starting to look more attractive by now, you are a committed vinyl freak and very trendy person!