Reducing Background Noise On Records
I'll tell you what...You can spend a lot of money on more electronics that add un wanted color to your sound, or you can buy a cheap can of Gruv Glide this spray will kill all static and lowers back round noise greatly. This stuff also protects your stylus from wear. It works! http://gruvglide.com/ Matt M |
I have also used Gruveglide, and it seems to work as advertised. The biggest improvement though, came with building my own Ultrasonic Record Cleaning machine. Fairly easy to build, and inexpensive, at $200 including the Ultrasonic cleaner. If you are interested, look up the design by BBtx at DIY Audio. A complete list of parts and photos are available for free. You really can't go wrong. Best of luck, Dan |
islandmandan and terry9 have it right. If you have a TT you`ll eventually/inevitably end up with an US cleaner....period Has anybody else noticed how many VPI RCMs seem to be popping up on the 'bay ?? Yeah...there`s a reason for that, so either buy one outright or have fun and save a few dollars and put one together yourself. You`ll be listening to records that you thought were hopelessly noisy/unlistenable and you`ll be hearing so much more in records you thought you knew so well. |
Hello all. Thanks for all your suggestions, there is a lot to consider here. And three noise issue is just with certain recordings which could be how they were recorded/pressed or they are worn. Does anyone think a device like the Burwen DNF 1201A is redundant with my DBX 3BX-DS? Interesting suggestion about the Gruv Glide. When I first collected records 30 years ago, I used a record preservative called Soundguard (similar to another product called Last). There were mixed reviews if it affected music quality. It was more to make records last longer. |
