I collect exclusively og records... Sometimes, they have old price stickers, which I usually peel off if possible, only leaving really special local interest ones that may suit the record. I really do like the ones from long defunct local stores! Every so often i stick them on a record divider, I find it a pleasant way to preserve this bit of history, and it creates a sort of diary of sorts as I go along. Anyone else?
Tl;dr: vinyl de-clicker.
I collect records, and strive to have very clean o.g. pressings. That said, i also collect rare 45s a bit as well- and those often are not in amazing shape. Comes with the territory, and is why i have two separate turntables/carts.
Having a wiim ultra is great, as i can use its phono amp for the technics i use for 45s, while my higher end table goes to my existing seperate preamp- the wiim allows me to have two tts hooked up simultaneously, and because of how im using it, im not too concerned about the quality of the wiims phono stage since its doing 45 duty.
My thought was- with the pretty beefy processors in the wiim, and the fact it has a phono stage already, couldnt it theoretically also have some software to process the phono signal, i.e., some de-clicking?
Theres a dedicated box called the sugar cube that does this, and of course desktop software and plug-ins that clean up crackly lp sources, and these are very niche products, particularly the stand-alone device. But imagine if the wiim just dropped some software on the ultra, that you could enable to remove a click/scratch from that one record you have? I would never pay hundreds for a device that does this exclusively, but man if i could do that on the wiim for 45s in rougher shape, wow.
Is there a reason this wouldn't be possible? Theres no hardware cost, would the software really be that expensive to add?
This is a little more than half of the collection of about 1400 records. All soul/jazz/funk in amazing condition. So much heat! Currently processing, and finding some absolute monsters.