To all you vinyl purists out there-tell me what I'm doing wrong. First I must tell you, 25 years ago, I would buy an album-off the "rack", then I would record it to a good quality cassette. I did this with the idea I could play the cassette as loud as I wanted to, no acoustical feedback and my album would stay new-forever. I now realize I was compressing the sound, but then-ignorance was bliss. I have recently started easing back into vinyl. My son just bought me a half speed master of Dark Side Of The Moon. I ran a dry parastat s l o w l y over the album before playing. I also have a grounded mat in place of the original turntable mat. I also use a Zerostat the last thing before playing the album. I have noticed after a couple of weeks, I hear more pops than when it was new. Ok-I can feel you cringing, because I am obviously doing something wrong and killing my new album. I have read threads about vacuuming the album and wonder if this is where I'm missing the boat. I have vinyl record sleeves, so paper isn't an issue. I saw a record washer reviewed - "Spin Clean Record Washer" and the reviewer said this, along with products from AIVS would do the trick. This is a washer only and since you know, most of my albums were only played once-until recently-dirty albums shouldn't be an issue. So how do I leave the pops behind? Also, I have noticed the pops aren't consistent across the board. Some albums (Thompson Twins-Across The Gap) sound great. Others-many pops etc. I don't have the resources, or at least I should say I'm not yet committed, to pouring big bucks into vinyl. I have a modest collection from 20-30 years ago (I found a Graham Nash "Songs For Beginners" and Cat Stevens "Teaser And The Fire cat" that are still sealed!) They are "Plain o" albums, but it's still cool to make that find. I regress. So after hearing, or reading my procedure, what am I doing wrong?
