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Grading Used Lps: What to look for?

Hey folks...my used options in my area include stores that use a fair,good, and fine grading system for Lps...however... since grading is highly subjective...there seems to be grave inconsistencies...I often find LPs with minor hair-line scratches cleaner sounding than mint Lps with some surface particles(even after cleaning)...any suggestions? For high demand used artists...stones,floyd,etc...the grading system is pretty forgiving and the price not surprisingly inflated...sometimes you really dont know how an Lp will sound still you bring it home...is this just par for the course for going used? ALso have Santana Abraxas which is warped and nicked...but is quiet as a church mouse...
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dan_ed
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What ever you find that you don't like, please send them on to me. I'm finding fewer and fewer that I can't clean up.

Maybe because I'm better at screening them? I don't know. Still, after several years of buying used vinyl I don't find any difference in the number of records I can recover.
dan_ed
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Hi Tvad,

I think it might be fun to compare notes on what we each think of cleaning up some particular album. You know, like what tricks you or I may have picked up in getting an LP to sound good. If you want I'll swap LPs with you. Not to start some useless pissing contest, but to really trade notes. We may have to wade through a few LPs to find one that we can both agree actually can be improved.

Genre doesn't much matter to me for this. Then again, I'm always looking for those original Blue Notes. :-) Let me know, we can work this off line.

Piece!
dan_ed
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Oh! Also, if you do have an Eagle's Desperado. . . ;-)
dan_ed
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Ok. Now I understand, Tvad. I've stopped worrying about how accurately LPs are visually graded because it is too subjective. And many times it has no bearing on how the LP sounds.
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