Are your record surfaces as silent as CDs?


When I got my new analog setup (please refer to my profile if interested ) I was very surprised that surface noise virtually disappeared from most of my records.  It’s like I was listening to CDs.  I’m wondering if others have had that same experience.with their setup.

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Showing 2 responses by elliottbnewcombjr

The reason CD's blew vinyl nearly off the face of the earth for many years was CD's promise of no noise, hiss, ticks, pops, no surface noise FOR LIFE.

Vinyl re-emerged, and our sophistication of the entire vinyl chain increased a great deal, it's a new world of vinyl, not everybody playing any old lp on any TT with any cartridge, misaligned .....

Some LP's are quite quiet: old ones I have scrubbed, some new ones after I have cleaned factory gunk off/out of them however:

In the old days, prior to CDs, we had acquired the ability to filter out noise, clicks, pops, just hear what we wanted to. Like listening to the wife!

After noiseless CD, back to Vinyl, I had to re-acquire that ability. Younger friends, new to Vinyl, aware of the sound of streaming, I find have more difficulty with any LP noise, I try to give them the concept of not being bothered, but they seek 'perfect, noiseless' vinyl. A mistake IMO.