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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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uberwaltz
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Bkeske.

Great post and welcome back to the analog world!

You are so right about it being a total waste of time comparing different sources.
I play records, cassette tapes, reel to reel tapes, CD, DVD-A, SACD and stream Qobuz and Tidal!

No not doing 8 track.... Lol.

I enjoy each media for what it is and rarely sit there thinking well that sounded better than the version on XXX.

Each have their plus and minus points and I leave it at that.
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bkeske
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Nope, I have no desire to do 8-tracks again :-D, hell, I don’t even have an 8-track tape anymore. I think most got eaten in my car player back in the day. But I will say, although very inconsistent, some of my old cassettes sound wonderful, particularly a handful of my Modern Jazz Quartet albums I only have in cassette, and hadn’t listened to for years as I no longer had a deck. I recently picked up an old Nakamichi, so can now enjoy those as well again, and quite surprised by how good some of them sound.
ebm
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What is Vinly a new format??
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slaw
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Great post!
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pipedream
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Well for us the Kirmuss ultrasonic cleaner worked wonders. Actually restored some LPs. Not an fast process however the BEST we ever used.
We are Kirmuss dealers. Once you experience an LP cleaned with this machine your gonna be very happy. Love thy vinyl.

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