OT: Turntables (was RE: Brainboost.com)

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 03:01:10PM -0400, Bill Vermillion wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 01:31:15PM -0400, Jay R. Ashworth thus spoke:
> > On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 01:18:22PM -0400, Bill Vermillion wrote:
> > > Clicks and pops come from treating LPs like magazines and not
> > > like books. I also have a vacuum system for LP, and you can
> > > remove almost all clicks and pops with wet-playing. I found a
> > > replacement for my old Lenco Wet Playing attachemnt on a German
> > > site, but got no repsonse from my English letter to the people
> > > there.
> 
> > At the price of reducing the life of the album sharply, and *never*
> > being able to play it dry again, or so I'm informed.
> 
> Not true.  I've played wet, and I've also vacuumed, and I have LPs
> that are 30+ years old that sound new.  The 50 year old ones
> suffered from cheap players but I have those replaced - execpt the
> ones that went through a flood and they require vaccuum first and
> then wet-play to sound silent

I was misinformed.

:-)

> So if you really want to know all about them go to:
> http://www.elpj.com and drool.

Uh, Bill?  I don't think *that's* what "wet playing" means..

Cheers,
-- jra
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