Do you listen to crackly records ?
Posted by: shoot6x7 on 22 March 2010
My used record quarry has some gem and some cracklers in it. Credance Clearwater Revival from 68 is incredible, Tubular Bells is a crackler.
I will of course keep an eye open for better copies of the Mike Oldfield classic, but until then I'll have to listen through the crackles.
Who else does this ? Or does a crackle consign the disc to the bin ?
p.s. all records are washed with a VPI 16.5 machine.
I will of course keep an eye open for better copies of the Mike Oldfield classic, but until then I'll have to listen through the crackles.
Who else does this ? Or does a crackle consign the disc to the bin ?
p.s. all records are washed with a VPI 16.5 machine.
quote:Originally posted by BigH47:quote:Also, I have found the curious phenomenon that the better the replay equipment the less audible the crackles.
This is true, I assume the different stylus profiles are finding undamaged/worn parts of the groove. Also I think it ws Lontano who said the Superline replacing his existing(Stageline?) also reduced the SC@P, or kellogs effect.
James is right here
that my with newish Ortofon & Linto setup the noise has abeen reduced significantly. Now BigH, I asked a guy from Henley Designs who import Ortofon's and he said that most styli actually sit on top of the groove and as result damage the top of the groove, so a better profiled styli will sit in the groove itself and miss this damage resulting in a much quieter record.
Dean...