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In Reply to: "...click, pop, click," "...exactly!" "...well said!" "...tell me about it!" "...good riddance to vinyl&q posted by jdaniel@jps.net on October 26, 2014 at 12:42:31:
Well, you certainly are venting, among other ways by asking rhetorical questions to which you are perfectly aware of the answers.
You are obviously correct that there are numerous LPs out there that will play with very few pops and clicks, at least after a good cleaning. But they are far from "dead silent". Nearly all pre-Dolby LPs have noticeable tape hiss, and usually, the better made the LP and better condition it is in, the more clearly the background tape hiss can be heard. IME there is also always at least slight vinyl noise no matter how good the pressing. By the late 70s and early to mid-80s, the best LPs were getting very close to dead silent, but many were being made from digital masters, which some people like very much, but which do have a recognizable sonic signature.
Don't worry, SACDs are far from perfect as well, though I like the format. And I enjoy the Malcolm Frager Prokofiev and Haydn on RCA that you recommended. Not dead silent, though. ;)
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