Why Do Vinyl Picture Discs Have Noise

Never wet play a vinyl record does wet playing a record help reduce noise.

Why do vinyl picture discs have noise.

They have their place and many will tell you that the quality of picture discs have improved over the years. I find this very interesting as someone who owns a handful of pic discs. And in some cases if the mastering was handled better for the picture disc release than it was for the standard vinyl pressing the picture disc can sound better despite the downsides. Never spritz water or wet play a vinyl record in an attempt to quiet the crackle and pops.

But whether its origins are digital or analog more on this later a vinyl disc should have more musical information than an mp3 file so it should be an improvement on streaming sites such as. Again these picture discs were plagued by sound problems and didn t sell particularly well. There is absolutely a noticeable floor noise effect which is very noticeable if you have a disc that doesn t have the picture on the complete outside perimeter where there are initial grooves so when you start playing there is a noticeable sound as the needle moves onto groves over the image i actually don t own an pic. Collectors traditionally reserve the term picture disc for records with graphics that extend at least partly into the actual playable grooved area distinguishing them from picture label discs which have a specially illustrated and sometimes very.

Many picture discs do sound good. Never stack vinyl records as shown in this photo as it can lead to warped discs and ring wear on the album jackets. In the late 1970s american record companies began to send out picture discs as promotional items to programmers at radio stations.