I am sooooo glad you started this post. I've been collecting seriously since the mid '80s (most my pressings are from the UK btw), and whilst this resurgence in vinyl is definitely a good thing, I have been hugely disappointed with the QC on a number of new releases/reissues.
Brand new records, on 180 or 200gm that have pops and clicks right from the get go. from the very 1st play. I can only wonder that the new crop of small pressing plants out there just don't have the experience to work with this very sensitive medium and are thus producing sub par vinyl. I only hope they get better and improve their QC - but we as the end users must get this information out somehow.
Brand new records, on 180 or 200gm that have pops and clicks right from the get go. from the very 1st play. I can only wonder that the new crop of small pressing plants out there just don't have the experience to work with this very sensitive medium and are thus producing sub par vinyl. I only hope they get better and improve their QC - but we as the end users must get this information out somehow.