Sorry, remove detail is not really the right wording. Obscuring detail is more like it. If you clean the stuff off the detail is still in the record. It just leaves a layer of film that fills in the micro details in the groove, that's all. If you use a cartridge with an advanced stylus profile and have a resolving enough system you will hear the difference.
If the record is trashed then it may sound better on the whole to use the stuff. I don't think it is necessarily evil but it is definitely not ideal.
How does it attach to the stylus? Same way it attaches to the record. It is a film. It will get onto the stylus by riding in it.
Do people use similar methods of disbelief suspension to listen through digital harshness and glare?
Have to disagree here. IME, Gruv Glide does nothing but good things to LP's that are a little noisy....including bringing more detail to the fore. ( the reduction of hash and pops allows this to happen....as one would expect).
Would I use Gruv Glide on a new or pristine copy...NO. It's not necessary. That's not the point of Gruv Glide...it's strictly for noisier LP's. ( which IF you collect used LP's, you are going to run into MANY noisy copies...OTOH, IF you are simply buying NEW..then your experience will probably be different ( hopefully..)).
A good friend of mine used to use Groove Glide on his records. When I bought my RCM he came home with some records for a cleaning try.
At that time I used "L'Art du Son" cleaning fluid. When I made the first wash there was a kind of mud on the record That could hardly be succioned by the Keith Monks. I had to do 2 pass for putting that s..t off. I swore I would never use it on my records.
Some good commentary from Ralph and Doug in this thread: surface noise and cartridge/ phono pre questions
If you must, like Larry, I'd much rather use software to remove Ticks/Pops and Surface Noise. The problem with the FM Acoustics and other hardware pieces is that it's either on or off. You can not set a threshold where you just get rid of the tick/pop and loose resolution.
The best on the market I've used, in order of preference, is Cedar, Algorithmix and Izotope.
Seems like something like that would only be worthwhile if the only recording one had was in desperate condition.
Hi Bruce,
Can this be done on the fly? Or do you mean archiving you're vinyl and then using the software to "clean" it up.
Nothing on the fly as I know of. You need a "look ahead" feature that would require lots of DSP.
Just got Lily and Madeline's Fumes on LP. I've been listening to this on download through Audirvana and an Ayre QB9, which has not left me for want of anything in the past. Played the LP on my Sota and ET 2.5 last night. Nothing short of magical. Not to beat a dead horse or stir the pot- digital and analog each have their strong suits- but the "analog artifacts" were much pleasing to my ears.Is there anything you do? Or in the end, is it just about spending more money on gear that does a better job of bringing out your realism triggers so you can ignore it?
Yes, it can. There is a freeware called Audiograbber. Algorithmix offered a plugin for it that allowed the user to make corrections as the recording was being made. It works well.Hi Bruce, Can this be done on the fly? Or do you mean archiving you're vinyl and then using the software to "clean" it up.
Yes, it can. There is a freeware called Audiograbber. Algorithmix offered a plugin for it that allowed the user to make corrections as the recording was being made. It works well.
You could of course rip your brand new, hopefully pristine vinyl ,with a good A/D converter and then just play the file,
perfect vinyl and no wear!
Keith.
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