Correct, you wont notice it soon Robin just enjoy the music :^Welcome back to vinyl! Top tips to minimize noise (you'll never eliminate it!)
1. Wet clean your vinyl, even if brand new
2. Make sure your arm and cartridge set-up is spot on.
more cash involved :doh:
Oh yes, you'll wonder why you ever bothered with that Johnnie come lately silver coaster :^You're on the boat now Robin.
Expect worrying bank statements, concerned comments from the other half, frustration,
oh, and sublime music, once you've got it right :stereo:
Cheers Barn'Oh yes, you'll wonder why you ever bothered with that Johnnie come lately silver coaster :^
I concur - Make sure that vinyl is spotless, a wet cleaner is the best solution.Welcome back to vinyl! Top tips to minimize noise (you'll never eliminate it!)
1. Wet clean your vinyl, even if brand new
2. Make sure your arm and cartridge set-up is spot on.
Reading the above is a bit of deja vu. Back in the 70s vinyl listening was full of paranoia. There was mass record cleaning, wet playing, setting cartridge weights as low as possible, and many other routine practices. Result - CD started to seem like a good idea when it arrived. I argue that wet cleaning routinely is not neccessary and might actually cause harm to the disc (that became the percieved wisdom of many towards the end of the paranoia period). Actually what makes the most difference is correctly matching your arm, cartridge and turntable, and setting it up properly. When I changed my turntable from a popular japanese design of the day to my present Focus One with budget Linn arm, even using the same cartridge and styli, records I had given up on because of poor sound or surface noise were suddenly transformed and remain reference discs to the day. Most albums I buy still sound good, new and old!TRy to minimise static.
cheers rob, but grounding the rega arm with its plastic mounting looks trickyI' going to disagree and say that wet cleaning isn't necessary for relatively quiet surfaces.I have an RCM and while it's nice for problem or old vinyl, it's far from essential IMO.
Static build up can be a problem as mentioned up thread and this can be addressed through correct grounding of the arm and TT.
Good secure tracking from a properly set up cartridge is essential - and after 30+ years playing with more cartridges than I can remember I've tended to find that those tracking at the higher vtf of 2g+ have given the most secure, clean tracking. Featherweight tracking encourages noise IME and I never go below 1.6g.
You could just have a poor pressing. Plenty about unfortunately.
Don't discount the fact that years of listening to pop free digital will have conditioned your listening, so initially any noise from vinyl will seem more intrusive.
I thought that your Arm was an A.O. RB251, FULLY FETTLED BY J7 @ Audio Origami Robin. I thought his rewiring jobs on Rega arms usually included a dedicated/separate earth lead, rather than Regas usual arrangement of earthing to one channel of the output phono lead.cheers rob, but grounding the rega arm with its plastic mounting looks tricky
TBH Robin this may be no issue here.it appears not, has the A O sticker on it, but no earth lead, wouldn't know what else to look for compared to a standard arm