I opened my 200g pressing of Neil Young's "Prairie Wind" today. Had my Audio Intelligent cleaner all ready to go. Slipped the first licorice disc out of it's poly record sleeve...and it had three 3"x1/2" stains of some kind. I gently tried to clean them off using AI step 1 and AI step 2 and a soft cotton cloth, but to no avail. One other side was stained, too. So, back it goes to Elusive Disc. For $40 I expect the vinyl to be pristine and absolutely free of defects or stains.
Is this common with new audiophile vinyl? What a hassle...
Happens with CDs too. I bought a copy of David Bowie's 'Low' just yesterday, got back to my car and opened it to discover that there was no CD in the sealed jewel box. Never had that happen before.
My Classic Quiex-SV of Neil Young's Greatest Hits has an inexplicable amount of surface noise (typical of a noisy used LP). I got busy and then realized I had owned it for six months and now it's too late to do anything about it, but for the record, the pressing is dogshit.
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