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Rice Krispies blues rant

Posted by sleeper on April 16, 2025 at 19:26:40:
I love the sound of vinyl, but I have come to see every new LP purchase as a shot in the dark regarding sound quality. I just spent about 80 bucks on two double LPs of contemporary jazz that I really liked on CDs from the ECM label. Yeah, the music from the LPs has all the qualities that I love, and it does sound "better" to my ears than that from the CDs, but it is infected with low level Rice Krispie crackle on both ECM records. I can hear it clearly during the quiet passages and even in the dead wax, and it pisses me off a little. Both records went through my routine cleaning procedure on my VPI 16.5 machine using a home-brew fluid and a thorough rinse with distilled water. The noise is probably baked into the vinyl. I seem to have several CD & LP versions of the same ECM release in which the CD is much quieter. Should I clean these LPs once more or just chant for serenity when I play them again?