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    That reminds me of the last time I listened to vinyl ( mid-seventies ) when I invested in a hopeless device which was supposed to keep records clean and avoid static charging by releasing a liquid ahead of the cartridge - all it did was to cause massive flooding
    Was this device known in the UK ?
    Hans

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    Not as far as I know, Hans. I think in the near future you should expose your ears to a decent turntable, properly set-up in a synergistically matched system, playing your favourite tunes and re-evaluate your opinion of vinyl. I think your listening experience could do with a little updating

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    Quote Originally Posted by Togil View Post
    That reminds me of the last time I listened to vinyl ( mid-seventies ) when I invested in a hopeless device which was supposed to keep records clean and avoid static charging by releasing a liquid ahead of the cartridge - all it did was to cause massive flooding
    Was this device known in the UK ?
    There were a couple of these so-called "wet-play" devices around, and thoroughly dreadful they were too. One I think was supplied by Goldring.
    They consisted of a tracking arm incorporating a reservoir which fed cleaning fluid to a plush pad about 1cm in diameter which rested on the disk like a dust bug and dispensed the fluid in a band onto the record ahead of the stylus. The idea was that the fluid would lift any dirt into suspension and would also cool and lubricate the stylus in the groove. A number of people swore by them but they had problems, the worst being that once the liquid dried, any dirt it had lifted off the disk was glued back down, so unless you committed yourself to wet-playing permanently your records were effectively ruined. That and the messiness and impracticality of the whole affair meant that they finally died an unlamented death.

    Edit: Just found this: http://www.vinylengine.com/library/g...ncoclean.shtml
    Last edited by shane; 01-12-2008 at 21:50.

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    Yes that's what it was !

    We filled it with a mixture of doubly distilled water and pure alcohol but it didn't solve the problems
    Hans

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    If that was your last experience of vinyl, I'm not surprised you were put off. I'd be put off driving if my last experience was an Amphicar!

    Things are so much better now that you really should swallow your pre-conceptions and give it another go.

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