Brand New Vinyl Static and Pops


Nothing major, but annoying.

Could it be because I was spinning old dirty vinyl which made the platter dirty/dusty?

I'm about to buy the humminguru. Does anything go well with it?

 

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Showing 2 responses by kennyc

Seems it’s either a vinyl problem or a static electricity problem. 
New vinyl is not clean, it benefits from a good cleaning- ultrasonic works best.  Static electricity can also cause pops n clicks - best to try to eliminate. While many products try to lower static prior to playing, the CS Port and DSAudio  seem best as they eliminate static “as the record is being played”

Do your pops and clicks occur at the same song locations? If so, it’s likely not static which would be random.  

 

Demagnetizer:

  • $1.9K CS Port IME1
  • $1.8k DS Audio ION-001

Since you got different results with different vinyl LPs, makes me wonder if different vinyl has unique static electricity.