According to the goldmine standard each vinyl and sleeve should be given a grade that ranges from pristine mint down to badly damaged poor fair.
Ex grade vinyl.
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Yet the record must play without any noise over the flaw and the latter must be very hard to detect.
Expressions vinyl has a robust collection of both quality adhesive and heat transfer vinyls.
To determine the condition a vinyl record you must grade it visually and in most cases play grade the record to give it one of eight ratings.
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The vinyl grading system each vinyl carries an acronym.
There may be more than a few so be careful not to call a record that has wear to more than 15 of the surface ex.
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All records are graded visually and we always grade the cover first and then the vinyl record.
Any blemish affecting sound quality will prevent records from being graded nm or m.
Describes an almost mint record this grade is used for records that appear virtually flawless but not perfect.
This acronym displays the vinyl s overall quality with relevance to industry standards.
Ex vg vinyl an excellent or vg condition for vinyl will allow minor scuffs which are visible but only slightly.
The wear should be minimal and of course should play mint.
Don t use ex it s not an official grade and only obfuscates the fact that it will be used to describe both vg and vg vinyls depending on who is doing the grading it also adds to the confusion of the current system i know a lot of people like the idea of ex as a grade for a lot of reasons.
A very minor scuff can appear on the record.
Additionally each acronym yips listeners off to relative sound quality aspects.
Mint m like new but not sealed.