Anybody have troubles with New Vinyl pressings?
SolidSqual
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In the midst of many new infatuation with vinyl I've been purchasing tons of new and old LPs. What's strange is that I've noticed new pressings, particularly 180g and 200g pressings are much more likely to have static than other standard pressings. I have dead quiet LPs that are 40 years old, but my Norah Jones LP is "staticky" as hell.
I talked to a guy I buy vinyl from and he indicated the new pressings are being done by people who lack the expertise of those who were pressing vinyl when that was the only way to distribute music to the masses.
Anybody else having trouble with so-called audiophile pressing?
I talked to a guy I buy vinyl from and he indicated the new pressings are being done by people who lack the expertise of those who were pressing vinyl when that was the only way to distribute music to the masses.
Anybody else having trouble with so-called audiophile pressing?
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I have had only 1 problem on Metallica's master of Puppets on one disc there is a couple of small white plastic spots that you can hear for a couple of rotations when the needle hits it, other then that everything i have bought sounds great no static at all. I clean all vinyl before play as well.
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For the most part the new vinyl pressings I've purchased have been fine. I have had problems with some but I just returned them and got a replacement copy. Elusivedisc.com has a 30 day guarantee on their vinyl.
As far as Tracy's comment goes, I too have purchased new recordings where the original sounded better. -
I think the thicker vinyl does pick up and hold static electricity more than some of the thinner versions, if your static is coming from static electricity. I have noticed that the new vinyl releases have more rim cooling problems which causes static and hiss in the outer grooves. It seems that they remove them from the press to soon before the entire mass of vinyl has cooled.DKG999
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Don't get me wrong, most of my purchases have been great, but I've had 4 albums with unbearable static, even after cleaning. I just want to make sure I am not doing something wrong. What makes me think it's the record and not my system is the fact that I can play a staticky record and in the same session put a known perfect record on the table with no clicks or pops whatsoever.
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Yes.. the back to black series of new pressings are bad.. the Def Leppard one I got was terrible. no bass whatsoever. Returned it and got my money back.PolkFest 2012, who's going>?
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It seems that they remove them from the press to soon before the entire mass of vinyl has cooled.
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I'm not at all sure if this is a contributing factor, but I've also noticed LP's (or any other items for that matter) that are packaged with styrofoam and transported over long distances via air have an immense amount of static.
I've been purchasing a ton of vintage LP's recently and it seems those transported over greater distances have considerably more static than those shipped from closer locations. Newspaper/Packing paper also seems to do a better job. Add styrofoam anywhere in the mix and it seems to introduce a tremendous amount of static.
In my particular case, a good washing seems to cure the problem. At any rate, I wonder how much the packaging has to do with it.
On the other hand, I've personally had good luck with quiet (standard weight) new pressings.VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
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inspiredsports wrote: »I'm not at all sure if this is a contributing factor, but I've also noticed LP's (or any other items for that matter) that are packaged with styrofoam and transported over long distances via air have an immense amount of static.
I've been purchasing a ton of vintage LP's recently and it seems those transported over greater distances have considerably more static than those shipped from closer locations. Newspaper/Packing paper also seems to do a better job. Add styrofoam anywhere in the mix and it seems to introduce a tremendous amount of static.
In my particular case, a good washing seems to cure the problem. At any rate, I wonder how much the packaging has to do with it.
On the other hand, I've personally had good luck with quiet (standard weight) new pressings.
I've been considering this idea as well. I have considerably better luck buying albums at local shops than receiving them in the mail.
