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Speakers Corner

I received a message this week from Speakers Corner Records. I had asked if they used mold release compound in their manufacturing. They told me they used Pallas as their pressing plant and Pallas does NOT use mold release compound in manufacturing. Since the records sound terrific already, I'm very glad that I won't have to clean them. Now, I'll have to purchase some more.
washline
washline OP
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"I can point you to some of the papers- some are only available through the AES by paid download or subscription to their library."

Thanks again Whart. I think that would be too much information for me to need. I'll take the general overview on the issue without too much technicality. I have far too many other topics that I need or want to know with a great deal of technicality.
moonglum
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Dear Washline,

If it is of any reassurance, I have plenty of Pallas pressings and have experienced no static issues with the material at all, nor has there been any necessity to clean them.

They have been exemplary and results have been perfect every time.

Kind regards,

washline OP
202 posts
 
Good to know. I wasn't worried about static since static is always an issue when playing vinyl, but it was interesting to get this bit of information from SC. Your experience with these records mirrors mine as well.
moonglum
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The reason I mention this is that for reasons best known to themselves you can get the odd disc that seems to magically materialise lint out of nowhere e.g. the HFN/RR Test Disc. I've owned 2 of the HFN/RR and they persistently do this despite being regularly zapped by Zerostat (the heavily modulated grooves probably don't help but I think there's more to it than that).

Deeply grooved Pallas discs are a shining beacon of good behaviour by comparison, even at low humidity values of 40%. You literally won't see any lint, just as would happen with a freshly RCM-ed LP.

Hope this helps ;^)

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topoxforddoc
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I've got no idea about whether they use mild release agent our not. All I can say is that the pressing quality is excellent and the SQ very good too. What I can also say is that i wet clean EVERY LP, which I buy - new, second hand, whatever. Apart from the mild release agent issue (which is a non-issue for many records), wet cleaning also reduces static considerably. This cuts down the dust, which can get into the regenerator assembly and gum up your cartridge. That happened to my Allaerts MC1B - Jan Allaerts told me that when he rebuilt it for me. Lesson learnt now for me.
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