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|    Anton Shepelev to Dallas Hinton    |
|    The record shop.    |
|    17 Apr 20 01:29:06    |
      MSGID: 2:221/6.0 5e98dc2c       REPLY: 1:153/7715.0 e98d2fa2       PID: SmapiNNTPd/Linux/IPv6 1.3 20200413       EID: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf)       CHRS: IBMPC 2       TZUTC: 0300       TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2020-04-15       Dallas Hinton - Anton Shepelev:              > > It could also be made of platinum which was used when       > > pressing records, but both types are very rare these days!              > I checked with my friend who told me that he thought they might       > survive one or two playings but the coating is actually quite       > thin and soft - not designed to be playable              Then it is better to use them for pressing a fresh record, and       remaster from that. Some hi-tech non-destuctive techniques exists,       such as a laser-scanning turntabel or some more expensive 3d       scannanning. But the results are no good.              ---         * Origin: nntps://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 120/340 601 221/0 6 226/30 227/114 229/101 426       SEEN-BY: 229/1014 240/1120 1634 2100 5138 5832 5853 8001 8002 8005       SEEN-BY: 249/206 317 261/38 280/5003 313/41 317/3 320/219 322/757       SEEN-BY: 331/313 333/808 335/206 364 342/200 382/147 2454/119 4500/1       SEEN-BY: 5020/1042       PATH: 221/6 335/364 240/1120 5832 229/426           |
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