Hi Dayglow
Like many 1-5 scales yours only uses 3.9-5
You say "Its a grading scale of 5" No, it's 4-5. It's compressed.
Why do you all allocate 0-3.9 for unacceptable SQ but only 4-5 for acceptable? How many grades of unacceptable do you think there are?
I grade vinyl 1-10, including noise, because noise that doesn't respond to cleaning is part of the listening experience.
True I don't give many 1s - I bin them. 3 is noisy as well as poor SQ. Most of my LPs are 5 thru 8.
Out of ~3000 discs I have awarded an exceptional 9.9 to about a dozen. Nothing can be perfect.
