All of the Speaker Corner reissues I've bought in the last two years have been flawless.
I must admit though, I don't remember any problems with the Classic Reissues either and I have a lot of them.
I wonder if the cartridge and/or set up is playing a role in this?
I'm not at all forgiving of noise, I have as many as twelve visitors each Tuesday night session and a bad evening is three or four pops total from ALL my music choices over six or seven hour listening session.
The ones last week that were a disaster (noise wise) were a collection of Dean Martin LP's off Ebay. I paid about $9.00 for 5 LP's and of course they were beat to death. When they played with a lot noise, it was expected. The goal with these was content, wondering if any were worth pursuing in mint condition.
Thomas, was that you that was the high bidder on the " Jazz Party" open reel tape a few days ago at Ebay?
I must admit though, I don't remember any problems with the Classic Reissues either and I have a lot of them.
I wonder if the cartridge and/or set up is playing a role in this?
I'm not at all forgiving of noise, I have as many as twelve visitors each Tuesday night session and a bad evening is three or four pops total from ALL my music choices over six or seven hour listening session.
The ones last week that were a disaster (noise wise) were a collection of Dean Martin LP's off Ebay. I paid about $9.00 for 5 LP's and of course they were beat to death. When they played with a lot noise, it was expected. The goal with these was content, wondering if any were worth pursuing in mint condition.
Thomas, was that you that was the high bidder on the " Jazz Party" open reel tape a few days ago at Ebay?