Bwaze
Posted
5 years 7 months ago
I don't think different speakers would give you any different result - less revealing speakers would rob you of all musical pleasures if they would be so concealing as to hide pops and clicks of vinyl.
If the vinyl was bought new (and is undamaged - some LPs come with damage from the press), then majority of pops and clicks come from two sources - one is dust and dirt on vinyl (could be there on a newly opened LPs), the other is static electricity some setups seem to generate in greater amount than others (dryness of the air, materials in turntable seem to affect this).
I usually just use carbon brush on my vinyl, most of it was bought new, and I have very little pops on most of them - but not all, some pressings are apparently bad from the factory. I have cleaned some of the LPs with pops on friends' DIY ultrasonic cleaner - some of the records were cleaned completely, some weren't improved at all (those were probably pressed with damage, and should be returned to the seller).
About static electricity - If the record is static as you lift it from the record player after playing it, chances are some of the pops are actually from this. It helps if your turntable is not near a heat source in winter (close to the radiator for instance), and it also helps if air isn't too dry. Some use Mitly Zerostat to help with this.
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