Rice Krispies blues rant

Posted by sleeper (A) on April 16, 2025 at 19:26:40

I love the sound of vinyl, but I have come to see every new LP purchase as a shot in the dark regarding sound quality. I just spent about 80 bucks on two double LPs of contemporary jazz that I really liked on CDs from the ECM label. Yeah, the music from the LPs has all the qualities that I love, and it does sound "better" to my ears than that from the CDs, but it is infected with low level Rice Krispie crackle on both ECM records. I can hear it clearly during the quiet passages and even in the dead wax, and it pisses me off a little. Both records went through my routine cleaning procedure on my VPI 16.5 machine using a home-brew fluid and a thorough rinse with distilled water. The noise is probably baked into the vinyl. I seem to have several CD & LP versions of the same ECM release in which the CD is much quieter. Should I clean these LPs once more or just chant for serenity when I play them again?

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Topic - Rice Krispies blues rant - sleeper 19:26:40 04/16/25 (11)

I used to have little cereal prizes that snapped on your spoon for snap, cradkle, and pop, molded as spacemen - beach cruiser 11:55:36 04/17/25 (5)

Snap, crackle, or pop? - M3 lover 09:27:25 04/18/25 (2)

RE: Snap, crackle, or pop? - beach cruiser 19:36:22 04/18/25 (1)

About the same time - M3 lover 12:41:22 04/19/25 (0)

My next step - sleeper 14:02:20 04/17/25 (1)

RE: My next step - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 15:30:47 04/18/25 (0)

A Cure For Rice Krispies - afro18 07:28:30 04/17/25 (0)

RE: Rice Krispies blues rant - DustyC 07:11:08 04/17/25 (0)

That is certainly the opposite experience I have had on vintage ECM LPs. - alaskahiatt 21:18:48 04/16/25 (2)

These are new LPs, pressed in Germany - sleeper 13:49:44 04/17/25 (0)

RE: That is certainly the opposite experience I have had on vintage ECM LPs. - Don Reid 07:12:01 04/17/25 (0)

Rice Krispies blues rant

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