[78-L] PLAYING DISCS WET

[Milan P Milovanovic]

Thank you so much for sharing it with all of us!



Milan


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From: "Doug Pomeroy" <pomeroyaudio at att.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] PLAYING DISCS WET


>I was referring to playing "acetates".  The benefit of playing worn
> LPs wet wet is very small or nil, in my experience.
> 
> DOug
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> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:13:03 +0100
> From: "Milan P Milovanovic" <milanpmilovanovic4 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] PLAYING DISCS WET, was Re:  Removing hiss - yet
> another idea
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>>
>> NOTE, I always add a small amount of surfactant (Kodak Photo-Flo,
>> or a few drops of liquid detergent) to the water to help it wet the
>> groove
>> totally (prevent "beading"), and I use a sable paint brush to  
>> spread the
>> water in the grooves in front of the stylus while playing the disc
>> (and yes,
>> of course I always rinse the disc with distilled water when I'm done).
> 
> 
> Hello Doug,
> 
> are you doing this while playing vinyl records or acetate discs, right?
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Milan
> 
> Doug Pomeroy
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