New Re-Issue Vinyl: Surface Noise, Ticks, Pops....


It seems that paying an average of 30.00 to get new 180-200 gram pressings is a lot of money. And I don't mind paying it for a good clean pressing. But is seems as though I usually end up with surface noise , crackling, pops etc.. It is so frustrating to wait for records to come and when I play them I hear a record that sounds like I bought it in a used record store. Has anyone ever mentally kept track of what interent distributor seems to have the noisiest or cleanest vinyl? Or perhaps the pressing company/label? Do you clean them before you play to clean the releasing agent or play them right out of the jacket? I love the sound of the grooves and I believe the sound is better but, I just would like to have a good clean copy. Am I wrong to expect a tick and pop free copy?
Back in the early days I usually didn't get the surface noise till I played them a few times. That was cheaper vinyl and about 4-5 bucks.
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I just bought the Analog Productions 45RPM Bill Evans How MY Heart Sings, and although it is a fantastic mastering and sound quality, there are some terribly loud ticks happening on the first play. Perhaps it will get a bit better, but i never heard these kinds of hits on any other LP.

Viper- be careful of last on LP's - I have heard of people very unhappy years later with LP's that were treated.
Last record treatment and stylus treatment is a major NO NO.

Simply keep your vinyl and stylus clean.

Nothing more is needed.
Audiofeil ... what do you recommend doing to keep the stylus clean?

Thanks, Jeff
The Magic Eraser per Doug Deacon.

Everything else is second place.

The Zerodust is a pretender.
I totaly agree with most of the above posts about bad quality of new reissues.
This can be avoided if you buy the record in a record shop where you can LISTEN to it before buying, like in old days. The problem is that a vast majority of us are buying through internet virtual shops, without auditioning, this is a shame, because the few record shops remaining alive will not survive. The resurgence of the vinyl software is a reality, and all of us buying internet should sometime go shopping in a REAL record shop, and as a record collector , I can tell you it is more than half of the fun, plus the good advises for music you have from the shopkeeper, auditionning records to be sure you like them, not to mention new discoveries. It is like discovering new cultures . Record fairs are goldmines.Beeing too virtual has backsides, so we must react and move our asses to streetrecordshops and fairs.
When traveling abroad, why not visiting the local recordshops when our wives are in fashionshopping?