Ah, the short "buzzing sound," inner groove damage, mis-tracking and incomplete vinyl fill. Having upgraded to a Dynavector XX2, there's very little which doesn't track, but the amount of inner groove distortion in used lp's from previous improper playback can be disheartening.
As opposed to my earlier Dyna 20xL, the XX2 delivers the distortion on a silver platter--the "buzz" is so separate and clear from the musical info.
IMHO, incomplete vinyl fill is more prevalent in "recent" pressings from '83 onwards. I love Lp's but have gone back to CD's/SACD's for solo piano, and some chamber music. I went through five copies of the TAS listed Ashkenazy Rachmaninoff Preludes (London/Decca) including a sealed copy, but still mis-tracked during certain explosive upper-octave piano chords.
Doesn't always need to be a loud passage to invite tracking damage; I've found "buzzing" associated with even a solo flute passage.
Some of the original Bluenotes and Riversides, mono vocals/opera can sound better with the mono switch on, or folded down to mono via cables. The 45's in my experience don't seem to present tracking issues
As opposed to my earlier Dyna 20xL, the XX2 delivers the distortion on a silver platter--the "buzz" is so separate and clear from the musical info.
IMHO, incomplete vinyl fill is more prevalent in "recent" pressings from '83 onwards. I love Lp's but have gone back to CD's/SACD's for solo piano, and some chamber music. I went through five copies of the TAS listed Ashkenazy Rachmaninoff Preludes (London/Decca) including a sealed copy, but still mis-tracked during certain explosive upper-octave piano chords.
Doesn't always need to be a loud passage to invite tracking damage; I've found "buzzing" associated with even a solo flute passage.
Some of the original Bluenotes and Riversides, mono vocals/opera can sound better with the mono switch on, or folded down to mono via cables. The 45's in my experience don't seem to present tracking issues