What Causes Surface Noise On Vinyl

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What causes surface noise on vinyl.

Much of the time this can be seen by the naked eye in decent light grey areas in the grooves dull finish actual etch marks at specific points in the record etc but once in a while you ll simply be caught by groove damage that can t be seen. The principal cause of static electric charge on the surface of a record is the friction between the playback stylus and the vinyl groove wall that occurs when a record is played. Show this post. John peel s famous surface noise quote is held up as capturing perfectly the sentiment behind vinyl s unlikely revival in the digital age.

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. 5 1k 20 airports over 5 years ago this post is hidden because you reported it for abuse. So i ve been using the project debut 3 and marantz pm5004 amp and i have a huge problem with surface noise. In fact as a matter of good practice i wet clean all my new vinyl before the first play.

Surface noise on spankin new vinyl. Surface noise on brand new wax is another common complaint. Started by airports over 5 years ago 24 replies. Another significant source is the process of removing a vinyl record from its plastic inner sleeve.

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