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Classics Clarity Vinyl

I'm wondering what others' experience is with these. I've bought 4 titles and I find the vinyl incredibly noisy, as if I had a fireplace active. Violent crackling, sometimes for 2-3 seconds at a time and fairly frequent. Audible from the next room.

I clean LPs with Premier then the Wallker four step process.
madfloyd
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mofimadness
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I have 8 or 9 of the 45RPM Classic Box Sets on Clarity Vinyl and have around 6 regular titles on Clarity Vinyl.

I find most of them to be excellent. Very quiet and dynamic.
hevac1
812 posts
 
I have most of them and have had very good luck, they are all quiet and dynamic as Mofimadness.
The only one I have a problem with is PG's So, it is very hot on the treble, the vinyl is quiet.
bkonig
127 posts
 
I have the following:
Somethin Else
Blue Train
Tull
Armstrong/Ellington Together for first time
They are all quiet with fantastic sonics.
analog_soul
44 posts
 
There are recordings of clarity vinyl 45rpm which I found the regular 180grams is better. Like for example: Royal Ballet - the yellow cover has a better recording.
kipdent
65 posts
 
I'm glad someone started this thread because my experience has been hit and miss, and VERY frustrating. I've come to believe the Clarity formulation is more hype and marketing than any science because while my Armstrong/Ellington sets are fine, my Jethro Tull Aqualung is among the noisiest discs I own--even after replacements. I agree with the OP--it's like fireplace is popping like mad in the same room. Ridiculous for this kind of money.

My other sets (Norah Jones and Holly Cole) fall in between these two extremes of noise, so overall, I am down on the formulation and would discourage anyone from spending their money on these sets.
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