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I must be old

Listening tonight to Heavy Weather on first vinyl then CD through a Sonica DAC it occurs to me that there are no pops, the stage separation is larger, the dynamics are larger and the instruments are better defined. My record album is not brand new. It has surface noise. My CD does not. I want to love my vinyl but unless I buy perfect new LPs I cannot tolerate the surface noise or lack of frequency limitations for the sake of euphonic sound. Am I crazy?  Misinformed?  Stupid?  I have been an audiophile for 50 years. 
tgrisham
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noromance
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so much music...  so little time....
Ain't that the truth?
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mazian
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What do clicks and pops have to do with music?
scchengmus
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Option 1: Water+rubbing alcohol+dish detergent mixture then hang dry
Option 2: Quality record cleaning machine with patented solution (which tbh is basically same as #1)
Opinion: Surface noise and pops are the Art Of Noise in vinyl characteristic appreciation. 
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asvjerry
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....the Art Of Noise is still better via CD or streamed.....

"I like my Noise straight, no rocks...." ;)
wolf_garcia
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I think there should be a device to add clicks and pops to CDs, but that's just me. My vinyl, streaming, and CDs all sound excellent, especially the MQA stuff, and I manage to live with all of it as, hey, I can...amazingly. An interesting example of relative convenience:  I'm a jazz head ("beatnik syndrome" helped by legal pot, motorcycles, mostly retired guy free time, and money), especially piano trios, and a fave for years is Vijay Iyer. Genius. His new album was released a couple of days ago and showed up on my streamer in MQA the same day...whew...might get the vinyl version if it exists. Why? Why not...
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