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

[David Lennick]

Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> At 09:33 AM 2/7/2010, you wrote:
>> neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
>>> OK, in stead of attempting to remove noise/hiss by scanning a record, is
>>> there a way to chemically treat the surface to smooth out small
>>> imperfections that would cause noise?
>>>
>> Careful, Joe, you are treading on very dangerous ground here,  It is
>> called "wet playing" and is very controversial.  The distilled water (or
>> maybe some other fluid) would fill in gaps and give a smooth surface for
>> the needle to skate over.  But it really is like hydroplaning on a wet
>> road.  Your tires lose actual contact with the road and are floating on
>> a cushion of water.  Something you do not want to do.
> 
>  From what I've read on wet playing of records is once you play wet 
> you have to stay wet with that record from now on as dry playback 
> sounds worse once you wet play a record. 
> 
Wouldn't a good cleaning with the Monks solve the problem of discs that had 
been wet-played? It works just fine for LPs that have been cleaned and put away 
wet in plastic-lined sleeves.

dl