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Frustrated with Vinly

Hey All,

Just coming here to let out out my frustration with Vinyl. I know that Vinyl takes patience but it's frustrating when playing some of my newer records and they have noises that I do not want to hear. Meaning, I try to clean them and they still have noise (pops, crackles, etc). When playing at low volumes of course you do not hear as much but when I turn up the volume is when it gets irritating. 

I can understand if older vinyl would sound like this but these are my newer records that I bought (amazon or barnes and nobles).

Now, I know the products that I am using are probably not great in the first place and I will probably need to upgrade to some more serious cleaner).

Currently trying to use a combo of: Kaiu Vinyl record cleaning set and I have also tried the Audio Technica AT6012 Record Care Kit.

So now I am considering either a Spin Clean type system or Pro-Ject  VC-S2 ALU Type cleaning system.

Any suggestions?

I almost want to give up on Vinyl sometimes and stick to digital (cd, hi res files, qobuz streaming).

Current equipment: denon dp-300f w/2m blue cart.

Thanks

Jay
jay73
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best-groove
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@jay73 


some pop or tics in the new vinyls happens to me too but I don't despair.
roberjerman
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Pressing quality today is a lot more variable than in the past. And the hype of a 180 gram "audiophile" disk being naturally better is just BS!
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uberwaltz
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Bdp24 is spot on with the possibility that a lot of ticks and pops that a lot of people assume is dirty vinyl is actually a Phonostage that is not quite right.

Now of course it could just be exactly dirty vinyl but I know when I " returned" to vinyl I was extremely underwhelmed with my entry level gear.

Don't give up though as once vinyl sings to you, well there's no turning back then.

And saying that I am sitting listening to a stupendous DVD-A recording right now, lol.😎😎
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jay73 OP
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I forgot about one album that I had bought and just played one of the tracks, Dire Straits On Every Street: You and Your Friend

I ran my anti-static brush on it before playing and cleaned the stylus. It played flawlessly, not even one pop or crackle.

Finally, some relief, lol.

But that tells me it's got to be the records and need better cleaning I assume.

Playing Tin Pan Alley by Stevie Ray Vaughan right now as I type and it has just a few crackle's, so that also makes me feel a little bit better. 

I think I tend to panic to quick. Going to need to get a better cleaning method/apparatus. 

By the way, I have another thread asking about opinions on some turntables but wanted to get a quick opinion, what do you all think of the Thorens TD 148a?

I do like the convenience of auto start and stop (especially the stop).

Thnx
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tomic601
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You have a well engineered phono stage, look elsewhere for the gremlin.
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