Copying LPs to CDs

For the gentlemen who stated that playing the records wet was the thing to do is dead wrong. Lenco was the European company that came out with a wet record playing system in the late 70's they had an arm with a small microfiber head that applied an alcohol and water solution onto the playing surface that followed the record along with the tonearm. You can find them on ebay occasionally. However in the early eighties it came to light via microscopic investigation that playing a record wet caused increased wear of the vinyl and actually the stylus actually acted as a cutter. Also the liquid would be drawn up the canteliver and into the cartridge motor assembly thereby reducing its life expectancy. That is why many audiophiles had steered away from the Stylast product. I hope this helps.

Stylast treats the stylus, not the record, and it has lubricating oils that reduce friction, at least somewhat.

I agree with Tommy_in_Sylmar, why don't you buy a Little Philips CDR880? It's cheap and it would give you the bang for the buck. We're talking about non-professional archive of LP's right? Using a PC (be it with NT or any other MS product) will not achieve the level of quality you (probably) are expecting. I have a HP8100 CD Writer with Adaptec software: it's fantastic to do an occasional backup copy to listen to in the car, but that's about it. If you are serious about archiving then you have to go through professional equipment (listen to Ramstl, he's right on every word he says, including wet LP playing which sound good but is not very practical. I use it for critical listening with my Ortofon MC3000 Mk2). Finally I suspect you may be tempted by the idea of archiving all your LP's and may not realize that you're going to spend huge bucks on CDR's an realize later on that it may have been a mistake. Remember 2 things: 1- LP playback is still the best on a good turntable (nothing compares to it, except maybe the SACD-I'm waiting to listen to it) 2- If you carry on with this project then make sure you use "for Music only" CDR's like the TDK CD-R XG for audio. So much said, good luck!!! PS: Home PC's are NOT Hi-Fi equiped, be it with Sound blaster or anything else (let alone Windows based software). Cheers

I agree with Tommy_in_Sylmar, why don't you buy a Little Philips CDR880? It's cheap and it would give you the bang for the buck. We're talking about non-professional archive of LP's right? Using a PC (be it with NT or any other MS product) will not achieve the level of quality you (probably) are expecting. I have a HP8100 CD Writer with Adaptec software: it's fantastic to do an occasional backup copy to listen to in the car, but that's about it. If you are serious about archiving then you have to go through professional equipment (listen to Ramstl, he's right on every word he says, including wet LP playing which sound good but is not very practical. I use it for critical listening with my Ortofon MC3000 Mk2). Finally I suspect you may be tempted by the idea of archiving all your LP's and may not realize that you're going to spend huge bucks on CDR's an realize later on that it may have been a mistake. Remember 2 things: 1- LP playback is still the best on a good turntable (nothing compares to it, except maybe the SACD-I'm waiting to listen to it) 2- If you carry on with this project then make sure you use "for Music only" CDR's like the TDK CD-R XG for audio. So much said, good luck!!! PS: Home PC's are NOT Hi-Fi equiped, be it with Sound blaster or anything else (let alone Windows based software). Cheers

Mr. eber I was referring to the stylast product as it pertains to the cartridge any liquid introduced into the motor structure of the cartridge will not do the cartridge any good. Not as it pertains to playing a record wet. The Last preservative which is placed on the vinyl is dry before you play a record. What I was trying to convey was that besides being harmful to your vinyl playing a reford wet is also harmful to your cartridge, hence the reference to the stylast product which has also been found th wick up the cantilever into the motor structure (as would a liquid placed on the playing surface of a record) with adverse effects.