Michael Biel wrote:
> H D Goldman wrote:
>> I think, on a serious note [pun intended], that we need to find a way
>> to clean up a very old production approach, if not re-design it.
>
> Already been done. DMM. Direct Metal Mastering. No messy chemicals
> necessary.
>
>
> Mike Biel [log in to unmask]
>> Vinyl record production is far from dead & the interest in analog
>> products is continuing to grow. And will for a long time to come.
On the other hand, Polyvinylchloride vapors are carcinogenic. There is
a warning sticker on the barrels of the raw material.
Mike Biel [log in to unmask]
>> Though digital recordings are here to stay, they are a beast of their
>> own colors & are simply not a replacement for fine analog recordings.
>>
>> running to the desert is not the long term solution. we're still
>> trying to find a path to demonstrating that alternate cleaning
>> methods prior to plating may improve the product.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Duane Goldman
>>
>> On Mar 29, 2010, at 7:53 PM, Dan Nelson wrote:
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>>> Los Angeles County air control police forced disc manufacturing out
>>> of LA and Apollo is hanging on by a thread out on the desert. Under
>>> CAlifornias clean air act any industry that contributes to air
>>> polution will be taxed high enough to exterminate them.
>>> So long more jobs in the name of "green". dnw
>>>
>>> --- On Mon, 3/29/10, John Eberle <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>>
>>>> From: John Eberle <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] lacquer discs
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Date: Monday, March 29, 2010, 5:19 PM
>>>> FYI :
>>>> Apollo is the sole remaining source for lacquer discs ,
>>>> they purchased
>>>> Transco Corporation a couple of years ago . Pyral and the
>>>> all others are long gone . Wilcox-Gay has been gone for decades
>>>> .If you
>>>> find any new
>>>> old stock , they will be dryed out , hard to cut and noisey
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>> John Eberle : 37 years in mastering ; 27 years cutting
>>>> lacquers .
>>>> AMERICANA CD MASTERING 313 EAST COLLEGE STREET SUITE 3A
>>>> DICKSON , TENNESSEE 37055
>>>> 615-441-4660
>>>>
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