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RE: Could used LP be coated with something to disguise wear?

I used to know a guy who traded in used discs and he would "polish" them with lighter fuel to give them a shiny and unused appearance.

There can be other reasons for shiny LPs that sound poor. Take a used LP and clean it properly using, say, an RCM with one of the good well known cleaning solutions. Perhaps an acceptable thing for a trader to do. The record will then look good and some types of dirt induced noise will be diminished. However if it has been played with a chipped stylus then it will sound much as you say, at least in terms of distortion despite looking as if N/M. Nothing can remedy this.

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  • RE: Could used LP be coated with something to disguise wear? - PAR 17:46:39 07/15/16 (2)
    • +1 - richardl 09:47:56 07/17/16 (0)
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