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I've had some success ...

and some failures with LAST LP preservative.

>>I did an experiment years ago when I bought 2 examples of several albums and treated one with Last and left the other one un-treated. In every case the un-treated record sounded a little better with more extended highs and a cleaner, more detailed sound. It was a very small difference but consistent, thus I don't use the stuff.<<

Ralph, I no longer treat my LPs with LAST, but I once did so on a semi-regular basis. I quickly learned to never apply LAST to an album that required extensive cleaning, because it seemed to "lock" the dirt and noise into the LP forever.

That said, many of my LAST treated LPs remain near-mint, and have "lasted" without any obvious decay in overall sonics (generally, the frequency extremes show the first signs of LP wear).

Recently I purchased a used Chesky LP with a LAST sticker, and thankfully, it still sounds mint. Thankfully, I stuck LAST stickers to my treated LPs, therefore I can also compare similar LPs, treated or non-treated, or I'd probably never know the difference.

I stopped using LAST record treatment moons ago, not because I didn't like its effect, nor because I ran out ... quite simply ... I stopped because I absolutely HATE cleaning LPs.

tb1


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