[Jukebox-list] Re: How to clean those records?/ Styrene

[David Breneman]

--- "Dicecco, Michael" <michael.dicecco at rbc.com> wrote:

> Back to styrene records: just listening to the people on this site,
> its
> obvious that most of us know of the very poor quality of this
> material.
> I'd rather pay a few pennies more for a better pressing made of
> vinyl,
> but unfortunately the manufacturers seem intent on making them as
> cheaply as possible today. 

Columbia was the big proponent of styrene records.  As far as I
know, nobody else produced them.  Are there new styrene records
appearing on the market?  That would surprise me as it was a
proprietary process used by only one manufacturer.  Radio
stations like the styrene 45s because for the first dozen
plays or so they were actually quieter than vinyl.  They could
copy the song off onto a cart and save the record as a "safety".
Of course, styrene's problem is its hardness, which causes
many sharp undulations in the groove to break off over time
and increase the distortion heard.


David Breneman         david_breneman at yahoo.com


       
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