The microline stylus seems to make a difference since it appears that it rides in a slightly different portion of the groove than a regular stylus and thus is contacting a portion of the groove which is less worn.
My cartridge is an Audio Technica middle of the line product and I have a microline stylus. My setup is a Sanyo direct drive, linear tracking turntable from the early eighties. A decent turntable, cartridge and stylus make a big difference. If your tap water is really "hard" you may wish to use distilled water for the whole process but I haven't found it necessary. I use regular tap water for the washing and then a final rinse with distilled water which I get at the grocery store. Ivory dishwashing liquid works well for me, along with a soft polyester fiber painter's brush which I move parallel to the grooves in a sort of scraping motion, trying to dislodge the crap in the grooves. A lot of the skipping is apparently due to large (in relation to the record groove) pieces of trash in the groove, this makes the needle jump out of the groove, causing either a skip or a loud pop and a jump of a groove or two. Second, clean your records before you try to rip them.
If you set a drink cup down a bit too hard it sounds like an earthquake by the time you enhance the bass and play the WAV file back over a good sound system, or, Allah forbid, quality headphones. You can damn near hear every keystroke and mouse click in the finished product. First thing, *don't* put your turntable on the computer desk on which you work. I've learned a lot during the process and since I've seen at least one other post here that mentioned ripping vinyl I thought I would share a little of what I've learned.
As I mentioned in my last OP, I'm ripping an extensive vinyl lp collection to digital media.
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