Anyone else ever experiment with wet playback?

agree with gaslover.... you cannot go back.

Anyone else ever experiment with wet playback?

I tried, but my wife wouldn't let me...

Wet playback does appear to smooth out the sonics . Unfortunately, the pull on the stylas may cause the cartridge's front-end to be altered. The alternative is to properly clean the Lp , reduce friction on the stylas thereby extracting the most information possible during playback. Steam Cleaning perferred.

My sympathies, Jkalman (I am happily divorced). It's OK though... she is a casino General Manager and I get half her $$$$. What pull Crem1? There is undoubtedly LESS friction with liquid immersion. Am I missing something? FYI I was the Quality Mgr. at RTI many moons ago. I would not expose a modulated vinyl groove to steam twice (they are steam heated during compression molding in the first place).

What do you use to wet the LP? Is it water or some other fluid. Please describe the process. Do you vacuum it dry after palyback? Many thanks.

Bob