Bootleg Surface Noise Vinyl

The music is quiet throughout so the surface noise is making it unlistenable in places.

Bootleg surface noise vinyl.

Try a different cart if you can. Started by fecklessscrounger over 6 years ago 10 replies. Only if you only deal with audiophile vinyl. That lubricant was found to be toxic and so it was removed from the vinyl.

Surface noise and crackles on brand new vinyl. Dust could be the worst offender though many high end tt s have been designed to reduce the worst of surface noise effects from internal external vibrations or poor platter design. Show this post. Tweak your tt settings.

Initium white vinyl initium streaked vinyl initium marbled vinyl initium pink vinyl initium red vinyl november coming fire orange vinyl eps. Black record vinyl used to contain an additive which lubricated the stylus thereby reducing surface noise. Las vegas nv usa. Sound of the stylus engaging the groove as your zero db reference then look at how low the meters go in silent parts.

Old vinyl that i ve dug out of storage plays fine just the small amount of noise i d expect for old vinyl in fair condition so i don t think it s a problem with my player stylus. 53 172 fecklessscrounger over 6 years ago this post is hidden because you reported it for abuse. Surface noise varies between types depending where on the groove wall the contact actually is and this noise must depend on the history of the record. What is used as a lubricant instead now is unknown to me.

Motorcitydave enlightened rogue in memoriam. Grant dec 7 2008 4. Mm cartridges will also vary on capacitance loading get it wrong and you get a treble peak exaggerating clicks. John peel s famous surface noise quote is held up as capturing perfectly the sentiment behind vinyl s unlikely revival in the digital age.

And this is also correct it s not typical but some new vinyl will be a more of a challenge. Save thread notify me of replies add new thread. The actual disc is also a contributor recycled vinyl is prone to noise and coloured picture discs suffer from noise unavoidable but otherwise clean clean clean. Yeah that mid 70s us vinyl is just great.

For that matter i don t know if there is any lubricant at all in modern vinyl. Digital music production and playback has allowed us to clean up the noise of analog tape and production techniques to a level of perfection never thought possible throughout most of the 20th century. Surface noise can be due to many things among them is cheapo vinyl compounds. Samhain vinyl records discography.

Regarding surface noise not clicks pops you could hook it up to a good soundcard and measure it. I use my at440mla for most new vinyl but sometimes the surface noise comes out more with it and i just change over to my at120e and that can make a significant difference. Unholy passion red vinyl unholy passion white vinyl london may.