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Equilizer to reduce surface noise on bad records?

I know that high end shuns away from using equilizers, but I was wondering if anyone has used one to reduce surface noise and pops and clicks on records? I have some record albums that I enjoy but are not in the best shape, I thought that maybe an equilizer would help but do not want to buy one if it is not going to do anything. If it does work, which frequency band would I reduce? I would only use the equilizer on the bad records and switch it out on the good ones. I have a Rega Planer 2 turntable with a Benz ace cartridge.
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herman
2,259 posts
 
An EQ is not a good choice but there are several ways to do what you want. I have no experience with this but it looks interesting.http://www.elpdeclicker.com/

There are also many computer programs and other hardware solutions to do the job. Do a Google on "record impulse noise" or "record tick reduction" to explore further.
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aball
2,018 posts
 
An EQ won't fix that kind of problem. I had the same noise issue but ended up just sticking with CDs and that solved it quite well. Good luck.

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