In article , rmg
wrote:
On 07/09/14 16:44, Jim Lesurf wrote:


But it sure is a labour of love, I haven't spent quite so long in
proportion as you but then my standards may be lower.

Well for almost all LPs I don't bother at all. For some I just take out the
loud explosions. Only for a few special items am I willing to spend hours
doing a 'search and desroy' of as many clicks as I can cope with! Too much
leads to madness... oops, sorry, too late. 8-]

Still I've resurrected stuff I haven't played for decades, recordings of
Menuhin, David Munrow and my ancient trad jazz (mono, some 10" - yes 33
1/3 vinyl). Brilliant.

Yes. I find Mono Jazz actually often works well. Many of the smaller
'ticks' are on just one groove wall. So when I convert to mono the click to
music ratio improves by about 5 or 6 dB. Hence often just removing the loud
bangs and converting to mono helps a lot. Alas, stereo recordings at lower
levels are more exposed to any small problems. :-/

BTW I've been told that my box of The Beatles Mono LPs should reach me
tomorrow. I'm hoping that they will be in better condition than the LPs EMI
used to churn out in the 1960s! Should be for the money! Rarely buy 'new'
LPs, but in this case I weakened and made an exception.

Jim

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