vinyl condition ratings
Don't know what you all think but when looking for used vinyl the condition descriptions sellers use are bollocks in my opinion. All this excellent, excellent +, near mint and mint mean nothing other than possibly mint, that in my view means its not been played or rarely played. To my mind a record to be worthy of my replay set up has to have no scuffs or scratches of any kind and make no noise, pops and clicks and that makes it good. If it has any scuffs or scratches its not good. Recently I bought some half speed mastered vinyl from a Canadian reviewers collection that were perfect and described as virtually unplayed and were so.
I just bought a copy of Heart, Bad animals described as very good and maybe I should have avoided it as that description must mean its shite in reality, it sounds like rice crispies, I cleaned it quickly on my rcm and its still the same, maybe a deeper clean will make it better,
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