at the sink with fresh sponge and mild dishwashing solution. used to finish off with L.A.S.T. did this with the basket cases and it was enough to make them playable again, esp. after the L.A.S.T. any drek that makes it past that stage gets filtered out by CEDAR.
Bin dug noisy records. Does it diminish your enjoyment?
I have some original pressed (or at least very old) LPs bought used at Half price books, and record stores, and not at Collector prices, as such there is on some a bit of popping and noise, and one or two that were just trash.
So I ask, when you pick up a $5 ish record that plays with some well earned noise but is playable, does that take away from your enjoyment knowing it is and old war horse?
So I ask, when you pick up a $5 ish record that plays with some well earned noise but is playable, does that take away from your enjoyment knowing it is and old war horse?
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You are fortunate to be able to stumble on LP's you want to Buy, the type of LP's I find now from similar types of outlets are not really on my need to listen to list. If you thoroughly enjoy all things Vinyl and your use of Vinyl consumes the bulk of your listening time allocations, for 'Sit in Front of the System' listening experiences. A Cleaning Method will do wonders. A Simple Method with not to much expense will be to carry out a Manual Method as advised on the Instructions in the attached Link. I have been using this as a method. There is additional discussion within a Thread about using these methods on a Thread in this Forum. The Additional Step to Soak the LP in White 5% Acid Distilled Vinegar can really impact on surface noise, the Lead In Grooves and Between Tracks on nearly 40 Year Owned LP's had a remarkable effect on surface noise. A friend who buys mainly MFSL Vinyl and Ultra Sonic Cleans his Album Collection, heard one of my Longterm owned Manual Cleaned LP's on Friday and was extermely impressed with the perception of the Cleanliness of the Vinyl during the Presentation. Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records - The Vinyl Press |
I’ll never understand why some pops and clicks or whatever would bother someone so much....to be honest, even my so called bin dug lp’s sound rather nice. It is the quality of the recording that matters most to me, despite a few imperfections of noise. The record dr is used when needed, but I mostly clean manually with Vinyl Revival, a UK product. It works well on most records. For a touch up, I use my old standby discwasher d4, the original one with red fluid bottles. I have managed to amass quite a few unopened d4 kits via ebay over the years. As Tom Port says, the quietest records are not always the best sounding.... |
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