I have four of the 45rpm box sets and all of them were noisy out of the box, after a wash. I washed them thrice more and the Holly Coles are still noisy (I have both).
For this kind of money one should get dead quiet vinyl without needing to clean it at all. An example, I bought The XX's debut lp for about $15 and this was on flimsy vinyl from a garage rock band and WOW so quiet! Not audiophile grade mastering but the LP was black like a CD. I paid $120 for my Holly Cole Temptations set... Great dynamics, i's are dotted, t's are crossed save for the vinyl itself. This concoction is in my opinion far more hype than anything else.
That said, I have regular older 180g black vinyl from Classics (like the Harry Belafonte Live at Carnegie) which are superb! So a hit and miss company. When I'm paying a premium for their so-called top offerings, I expect what I get from say Music Matters, let alone from a band like XX on whatever indie label they are on.
For this kind of money one should get dead quiet vinyl without needing to clean it at all. An example, I bought The XX's debut lp for about $15 and this was on flimsy vinyl from a garage rock band and WOW so quiet! Not audiophile grade mastering but the LP was black like a CD. I paid $120 for my Holly Cole Temptations set... Great dynamics, i's are dotted, t's are crossed save for the vinyl itself. This concoction is in my opinion far more hype than anything else.
That said, I have regular older 180g black vinyl from Classics (like the Harry Belafonte Live at Carnegie) which are superb! So a hit and miss company. When I'm paying a premium for their so-called top offerings, I expect what I get from say Music Matters, let alone from a band like XX on whatever indie label they are on.