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To clean or not to clean...

Brand new spanking vinyl. When one receives a  brand  new never played album. What is the consensus?
To clean or not to clean?

I  have leaned toward not cleaning until after numerous spins. This may be more out of  hope that conditions at the pressing faculty are on par with a semiconductor factory. Overall  I have not had issues, but once in a  blue moon you do  get that annoying pop that make you cringe and think" I should've cleaned this one".

Or am I simply guilty of the lessening of a mundane task.
idigmusic64
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slaw
23,999 posts
 
Clean it.
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tomic601
13,189 posts
 
u need to examine one of your new records under blacklight, your semiconductor would puke w record stamping environmental quality…..RTI included…. maybe especially RTI…
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millercarbon
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Clean. Or not. Either way is fine. Main thing in order to establish your audiophile credibility is to obsess over it to the point of spending more time worrying and posting about your worries and reading about everyone else's than it would take to clean the damn thing and be done with it.
tablejockey
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Excuse to get a nice US machine.

You'll look forward to cleaning.

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