What S The Problem With New Vinyl Pressings

We hope this article has provided guidance on why your new vinyl record is skipping.

What s the problem with new vinyl pressings.

Rip v s other machines were split. Shop your favorite lps and albums and receive free shipping with your b n membership. Remember the two main culprits the setup and the record and that more often than not it is a turntable or environmental issue when it is a brand new record. In the early 90s i was paying 15 20 for a cd.

The only problem i encountered was a lot of skipping at the same places throughout the record s title track. Perfect panning and a delicately balanced mix allow the deep grooves and even deeper emotions to come forward in equal measure. Find a wide variety of vinyl records to add to your collection. He s watched enough vinyl pressings of albums by.

I ve vented on this subj. Its remaining presses to a plant being built in new jersey. Pylon announce box set featuring first vinyl pressings of gyrate chomp in 35 years quadruple lp collection also boasts 18 previously unreleased tracks and a book with contributions from r e m. It s also one of the many reasons black was settled on as a standard color.

Unless you legitimately scrub the entire machine down between pressings it s impossible to get perfect every time. Has anyone else had a similar problem. New vinyl pressings of the nightfly skipping. New vinyl inflation adjusted isn t that bad.

When in doubt play the record on a friend s turntable or record shop to rule out the vinyl itself. The machines that press vinyl records are decades old and no one s building new ones so keeping up with increased demand. The only pressings that i can say good things about are mfsl. I agree many new pressings are a disappointment either in pressing quality or sound.

To celebrate what would have been bob s 70th birthday all of his albums for island records have been faithfully reproduced in fresh new 180g pressings but natty dread has the most compelling 1970s sound quality. Before so i ll try not to wax on too much but it s the main reason i don t buy much vinyl anymore. Inflation for that 30 year period is a touch over 100. By ben rayner.