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. 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: > > >> 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: >> >> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > H D Goldman Lagniappe Chemicals Ltd. > PO Box 37066 St. Louis, MO 63141 USA > v/f 314 205 1388 [log in to unmask] > > >