If you're a vinyl lover, would you prefer it if there were NO crackling of the needle?

GerryMcg posted:

I have NDS/555PSDR and also prefer the sound of my recently acquired vinyl system of Roksan Xerxex 20+/Artemiz/Ortofon Cadenza bronze/Superline.

Brilliant TT Gerry

MNn posted:

GerryMcg posted:

The other aspect of vinyl I have noted is that the 180 gram albums are not superior, for whatever reason, with older thinner vinyl. 

The 180 gram advantage is that it is flatter, the down side is that the tone arm angle will be a little bit different.
I think that many newly released LP, thin or thick, are less interesting to listen to than the old ones  
Better to listen to the old crackling LPs

I do have a different mat that could adjust for this. Strangely, I have found only one album that is not flat in the whole of my collection. My most recent album is  dated 1988 it is thinner than the crisp I am now eating, but is totally free of any surface noise.

The Strat (Fender) posted:

GerryMcg posted:

I have NDS/555PSDR and also prefer the sound of my recently acquired vinyl system of Roksan Xerxex 20+/Artemiz/Ortofon Cadenza bronze/Superline.

Brilliant TT Gerry

Thanks, it was not the TT I was looking for, but I wanted to buy second hand as I thought that the vinyl experiment would be a dissapointment and this became available at a good price. However, I am delighted with the set up it is an excellent TT.