Some asked about cleaning new records before the first use. I do find that I typically do clean each new record before I play them for the first time.
Flat Records?
Perhaps this one has been kicked-around already, but can someone help me understand why records cannot be consistently manufactured physically flat and with a decent quiet surface? Maybe I am buying the wrong records. I just tried a copy of Aqualung on the 200 gram Quiex SV-P and it was no where close to flat; not even remotely close. About one out of every five or so seem to be non-flat, as in completely warped...