Very good+ means very good plus. Very good-- means very good minus DOES NOT mean very good! Poor -- we generally do not sell poor. This is a pet free no smoking household office one man operation, prior owner had a small cat and was also a non-smoker, so when he took photos once in a while, a stray tiny hair got into a photo, as photos are taken behind a small camera so hard to see any imperfection when a photo is taken which is not a scratch, so if you see a mark on a record photo in listing that is not a scratch or mark.
I personally play test all records and grade them as a certified record grader when I worked at Goldmine Magazine, the leading record grading magazine. I do not sell any records that are brand new pressed and made this current year we are in right now. These vibrations cause very faint vibrations in the air (in other words,'sound'), so the sound of the needle is not very loud. As experienced record buyers know the sound that you are hearing is the stylus in the groove vibrating back and forth when there is not a loud band or instruments playing between or during a song or for example during the run in of the record which has no grooves as well.