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Crackle and hiss on some albums

New to world of vinyl. 
Had a low end Orbit turntable, played everything OK.

Upgraded to a Planar 3 with Rega Exact 2 cartridge. Absolutely love it. Noticed that some albums - even when brand new - exhibit some crackle, pop, and hiss. Some albums are dead silent and perfect. Have checked for dust and that doesn’t seem to be issue. Is there a quality factor with some pressings I am missing? Or something in setup that needs looking at?

 

Thank you for thoughts! 
 

System is Vincent tube gear -

Vincent PH-701 tube Phono Stage

Vincent SA-T7 tube Preamp

Vincent SP-20 tube hybrid Amp

Sonus Faber Olympica II’s 

 

tsbarro

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baylinor
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My CD rig sounds as good as my Qobuz hi res.

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Noisy new albums is mainly a result of poor quality vinyl material used in pressing. Japan used to be recognized as one using some of the purest vinyl quality, dead silent. Nowadays it's a crapshoot at best. Even so I have an excellent analog system with over 2k vinyl, I no longer buy them mainly because of quality issues. Rather, if I must have a physical version of something I discover while streaming, I buy the CD. The main reason is quality, the secondary one is, with the new vinyl craze, CDs are much more reasonably priced than vinyl. It seems to me that the people now just coming into vinyl will have a huge uphill mountain to climb to build a satisfactory record collection. It's always all about timing. I built most of my vinyl collection in the 60s and 70s.

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