Needles & Grooves

Yes and unfortunately I don't see it improving going forward which makes this hobby all the more frustrating!

Really frustrating! I know some people have the mindset that imperfections are just part of the hobby but when we are paying the kind of money that records typically sell for now it's not something I can overlook when they are especially bad.

The past year I've found it so difficult to find records that aren't warped and/or don't have some sort of noise issue present throughout. Extremely frustrating, but I decided to make the pivot and started purchasing older records that had been sitting on my discogs want list for too long

One thing is for certain: I will not be purchasing nearly as many records next year.