Noisier Outer Edges?

I think that your cartridge may not be set up correctly. Records actually cover more territory of vinyl on the outside than on the inside, because the outside is larger. It actually travels faster than the inside. If there are errors in installation..if it is not quite aligned correctly, if the loading is not correct, if the VTA is very off, etc, than the noise will come through "better". You might want to recheck all of that stuff and then have a listen. I think that rechecking would be your best bet to start with.

Toufu, I have noticed this on a few of my records. I use a Loricraft string record cleaner and often think it does a poorer job of vacuuming on the extreme outer grooves. I have not, however, been able to doubly clean these outer grooves and remove the problem. And I cannot account for why most records have this problem.

I must say, however, that I use the Walker Preclude system and recently got the new Step 4 final rinse. On one of these noisy outer groove records, it did greatly reduce the noise. I will be doing a final rinse on all my records in the next several months.

I have this problem on some records. You start it out and it sounds like it's going to be a noisy record, and then it settles down a few groove layers in.

I had heard that it had to do with the stamping process, and if it's done a little too fast, the way the vinyl gets squished at the edges creates little fissures that cause this noise.

Thanks for the help, I will try the suggestions... Glad I am not the only one who noticed or having this problem.