[linux-audio-user] Re: Companies Refusing to Release/Permit Linux Drivers

[Chris Bannister]

On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 08:39:29PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> And DO break the budget if you ever come across one of Cooks 78 rpm lp's 
> still in playable condition after all these years.  Use a fresh, 
> 0.3x0.7 thousanths eliptical tipped diamond needle, set at about 3/4 
> gram, in a Shure V-15 cartridge in a good arm and on a good turntable, 
> sit back and enjoy the acoustic experience of a lifetime.  But clean it 
> first, with dish soap and warm water, and a velvet pad to remove as 
> much of the decades of grime you can from the grooves, then rinse well 
> with distilled water so you don't leave its minerals behind as it 
> dries.  Don't play it first as that will just further embed the grit 
> into the plastic.  They are priceless recordings of yesterdays 
> excellence, please treat them with the respect they deserve.

Arrrrrg, is washing really ok for old records? I have heard about it but
never risked it, does the "dish soap" have to be a certain type.?
ahh the memories ... the Shure V-15 cartridge :-)

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Chris.
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