ilikesilver
Active Member
I want to like vinyl. I REALLY want to like vinyl!! I have hundreds of CDs and have been a CD listener exclusively for the last few years, but I really like the idea, the sound, and the process of spinning vinyl. I've probably bought 200 albums in the past year. Some are $33.00 new albums, some are fifty cents thrift store albums! I can't seem to figure out how to get to a level of clicks and pops that I can live with on used vinyl!!
I don't mind a few clicks and pops from time to time. It's part of the experience and they don't bother me at all. My problem is the vast majority of my records have so many, it drives me nuts! My cleaning process is warm water with Dawn and a light paint pad scrubbing, followed by a distilled water bath in a Spin Clean. Dry with micro fiber cloths and New inner and outer sleeves for all records before playing the first time. When they hit the turntable, they get an anti-static brushing and sometimes a Zerostat treatment to make sure there's no static electricity.
My system is a new Creek Evo 50a, Epos Epic 2 speakers, and a Rega RP1 with upgrade package. It's a very detailed system. I'm wondering if that's the cause of me hearing every little flaw in the records. What drives me nuts is I go over to a friends house and he will pick up any old record, maybe brush it, maybe not, throw it on any old vintage turntable, with a vintage amp, and large vintage speakers, and I never hear any clicks and pops. $%*@ Is it the larger vintage speakers that doesn't resolve the surface noise? I'll be in record stores where they're spinning vinyl and never hear surface nose.
Do I have some albums that are completely quiet on my system? Yep, but they're brand new albums. I can't seem to get a used album that isn't just full of clicks and pops. A lot of them look perfect, but sound terrible. Of course, I can always hear them between songs, but unless it's full music like rock, I can hear them during the song and sometimes even on rock. Instrumentals are unlistenable for the most part. What am I missing here?
I don't mind a few clicks and pops from time to time. It's part of the experience and they don't bother me at all. My problem is the vast majority of my records have so many, it drives me nuts! My cleaning process is warm water with Dawn and a light paint pad scrubbing, followed by a distilled water bath in a Spin Clean. Dry with micro fiber cloths and New inner and outer sleeves for all records before playing the first time. When they hit the turntable, they get an anti-static brushing and sometimes a Zerostat treatment to make sure there's no static electricity.
My system is a new Creek Evo 50a, Epos Epic 2 speakers, and a Rega RP1 with upgrade package. It's a very detailed system. I'm wondering if that's the cause of me hearing every little flaw in the records. What drives me nuts is I go over to a friends house and he will pick up any old record, maybe brush it, maybe not, throw it on any old vintage turntable, with a vintage amp, and large vintage speakers, and I never hear any clicks and pops. $%*@ Is it the larger vintage speakers that doesn't resolve the surface noise? I'll be in record stores where they're spinning vinyl and never hear surface nose.
Do I have some albums that are completely quiet on my system? Yep, but they're brand new albums. I can't seem to get a used album that isn't just full of clicks and pops. A lot of them look perfect, but sound terrible. Of course, I can always hear them between songs, but unless it's full music like rock, I can hear them during the song and sometimes even on rock. Instrumentals are unlistenable for the most part. What am I missing here?