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From: wjm@whuxk.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Record Preservatives
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Date: Mon, 10-Oct-83 10:30:58 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 10 10:30:58 1983
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I'm somewhat skeptical that any record preservative (LAST, Sound Guard, etc.)
could IMPROVE the sound of a NEW record - at best, it will keep a record sounding
NEW longer.  Certainly everyone is concerned about record wear, and that's one
reason I'm waiting for CD's which will solve this problem.
However, this doesn't solve the problem of preserving your existing LP's.
One solution is to dub them to tape and then play the tape copy, keeping the
record for backup if the tape accidentally gets an 18-min gap in it.
(Note that I'm not advocating tape dubs of records you don't own, which is a
unethical and b) illegal for most newer records).
Another proposed solution is to use record preservatives, but Sheffield says
that doing so will void the warranty on their audiophile LP's and several other
audiophile disk distributers have advised against it.  What effect do these
preservatives have upon the plasticizers in the vinyl ??? Until more is known
about the long term effects of these compounds, I'd be very wary about using
them.
Bill Mitchell
Bell Laboratories
Whippany, NJ  (whuxk!wjm)