You don't specify what styli you have. Are they truncated? Perhaps you 
just have noisier pressings.

joe salerno



On 2/14/2011 8:53 AM, James Benjamin Roth wrote:
> Greetings,
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> I'm trying to transfer/digitize some old (cir 1924) Columbia 78s.
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> I have quite a selection of styli which I bought from Expert  Stylus, but I
> still get an undesirable surface noise even with records in seemingly good
> condition.
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> I have similar problems with Columbias from other years.
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> I never have that problem with Victor or other labels.
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> Does anyone have any suggestions?
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> Thank you.
>
> Benjamin Roth-Aroni
>
> FAU/RSA
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>