disappointing VPI 16.5 performance??


I just got my 16.5 up and running. I chose to throw some challenging records at it right away because they are really the reason I got the VPI. One is an older recording of a couple oboe sonatas. The other is a brand new Metallica re-master by MoFi.both continue to have high surface noise: the oboe recording seems to have tiny spots all over it, like spotty glasses after washing dishes. It was like that when I got it. The Metallica was horribly contaminated right out of the jacket: debris, "gunk", paper strands, etc.

I'm using MoFi Deep Cleaner, Super Wash, and their brushes, with a double distilled rinse with the VPI brush. Is there something else I can try. There has been some improvement, but not as much I'd like to see.
ethanw

Showing 1 response by daveyf

Ethan, you may want to look into a product called Gruv Glide... it's a spray on
lubricant type product and may/should help with some of the surface noise.
Generally, I have had good results with this when a LP seems fairly unlistenable
after a VPI wash.
Nonetheless, as several other posters have stated, if the record is too damaged, then really nothing is going to help completely