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How do you get rid of loud crackling noise on Lps?

I just bought a record that looks like new & cleaned it on my VPI 17 Record Cleaner & still have loud crackling noise in the background. Is there any way of getting ride of this noise? The record looks like New! What caused this loud crackling noise? Thanks for any help you might give me.....JH
kaleidakol
twl
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I got a record like that once, and it took several cleanings as well as a few playings, before it was anywhere near decent. I don't know what it was, but I think that somebody had done some kind of "protective" treatment to it, and really screwed it up.
maxcast
95 posts
 
Get the CD version :P
Other than cleaning them (see related posts) your stuck with the snap, crackel and pop.
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nrchy
2,124 posts
 
There really isn't anything that can be done for an LP that someone played with an old or damaged stylus. It is often difficult to determine how something will sound based on how it looks I have LPs that look like junk and sound good, and LPs that look good but sound like junk.
I' have a record cleaner too, but they don't always get everything.
You mught be stuck with a stinker!!! but it still sounds better than a CD!
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