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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
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audioman58
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Why not buy a db power amp program for under $50 rip all your CDs to 8 highest flac file rip  or download Hirez music from HD Trax and buy a great Vacuum tube Dac like the very reasonably priced Lampizator Amber 3 for $2800 beats dacs 2x + this . Buy the best USB cable a Final touch audio most natural Analog cable out there under $1k. And also stream through
your computer JRivers media 26, down load the Jremote app on your iPad ,even tidal and Roon  no more headaches just pick what 
you want to hear ,and you can tune your dac by upgrading rectifier tubes,as well as the 12au7 signal tube to nos vintage tubes to your 
systems balance or taste and sounds excellent.
miketuason
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You can make your own Ultrasonic Record Cleaner for less that $400, I did and it works excellently. So will sell my VPI RCM soon.
ebm
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How is vinly doing??
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uberwaltz
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Vinly is swell!
He is doing great since he ate his rice crispies
Snap, Crackle and Pop!
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mijostyn
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Chakster, I'm with you on minimal care required and if there is no static any sleeve will do although the paper ones do get crappy after a while.
However the issue of new vs vintage vinyl is extremely variable. I have many old European classical records that are just unbelievable and dead quiet. But I have some older rock and jazz records that were terrible mixes probably because the monitoring equipment being used was sub optimal. I have new releases, one that comes to mind is Weather Report's Sweetnighter which is fabulous in all ways but some of the newer rock reissues are awful. My original copy of Roxy Music's Avelon out performs any of the digital or vinyl reissues I have. 
So, it is a mixed bag. If you really love the music and the reissue is being done by a company that has pride in it's product it is perfectly legitimate to get the reissue. 
I do find it odd that people buy records purely for the sound quality and not the music.  
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