What S The Problem With New Vinyl Pressings

When in doubt play the record on a friend s turntable or record shop to rule out the vinyl itself.

What s the problem with new vinyl pressings.

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. Shop your favorite lps and albums and receive free shipping with your b n membership. Has anyone else had a similar problem. New vinyl inflation adjusted isn t that bad.

The only pressings that i can say good things about are mfsl. Every one i ve bought is dead quiet and problem free. In the early 90s i was paying 15 20 for a cd. Rip v s other machines were split.

He s watched enough vinyl pressings of albums by. I picked up a newly pressed packaged record of the nightfly the other day and it sounds and plays great. I ve vented on this subj. Its remaining presses to a plant being built in new jersey.

The only problem i encountered was a lot of skipping at the same places throughout the record s title track. 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. Before so i ll try not to wax on too much but it s the main reason i don t buy much vinyl anymore. We hope this article has provided guidance on why your new vinyl record is skipping.

But if there s one problem with the vinyl resurgence it might be this. The machines that press vinyl records are decades old and no one s building new ones so keeping up with increased demand. I agree many new pressings are a disappointment either in pressing quality or sound. 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.

By ben rayner. It s also one of the many reasons black was settled on as a standard color. Find a wide variety of vinyl records to add to your collection. New vinyl pressings of the nightfly skipping.