[78-L] Removal of hiss - a different approach

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Michael Biel wrote:
  It has been said that if you wet-play a shellac records you will
> never again be able to play it except wet.

No one is more of an opponent of wet-playing than I am. I've transferred
transcriptions that had been wet played and were noisy as heck until
liquid was added to the equation. Some lacquers as well. It has been
said? It has been experienced, by me. And yes, the gunk on your stylus
used to be your record. That's why I was appalled when I saw someone
doing this on TV, some who had been affiliated with LC who should have
known better. We discussed all this on the list after it was broadcast.
Names escape me. (UPDATE: In a post I read b4 sending this one off, Mike 
Biel referenced the broadcast. IIRC that was done with the use of a 
q-tip to spread water in front of the stylus as it played and was said 
to be for CLEANING it? Do I recall correctly?)

But the ironic part is that I've tried wet playing 78s that were NOT
previously wet played, and I don't recall hearing an improvement on the
sound. It was a while ago, so maybe I am not recalling correctly.

But if it were a viable solution using common records, I might do it, if
the producer would buy me a set of stylii first. Yea, that will happen...

joe salerno