LAST - then and now?

From my experience with Last for the past (approximately) 30 years, Last preservative does what it claims. I've got back up copies of many LP titles, purchased new (at the same time) and the ones treated with Last hold up better.

My understanding is that Last chemically changes the first few microns of the uppermost layer of the vinyl into a slippery composition similar to Teflon. The reduced friction accounts for less wear and improved high frequencies, which I always experience with LP's treated this way.

I currently have the Odyssey RCM, the German version of the Keith Monks having recently come from the VPI 17F.

I agree with Nietzschelover that after applying Last Preservative you should wash and rinse again. A large portion of my newest LP's have not gotten the Last treatment due to all the extra time it takes.

For what it's worth, both Michael Fremer and Larry Archibald claim to use Last on their own library.

Well, I’ve never tried Last but it seems like a great idea to go online and belittle people having a friendly discussion like a high-handed ba$t@rd – especially when you’re a retailer trying to sell stuff to those same people.

Or would that be a rude move?

Perhaps this site should be renamed Audiofeil as anyone elses opinion on the subject of audio is gon... or so some would wish. In fifty years for one to dismiss others opinions and 30 plus years of sales of a product , what exactly have you learned ? Oh yeah , you have a 150,000 dollar analogue system. Good for you ! We are all left in awe and so impressed. Cheers

Audiofeil's arrogant and condescending tone is extremely well documented on this site. That is one thing that is not really debatable. Belittlement seems to be a primary motive in his responses.

Click on "Answers" at the bottom of any of his posts, and a brief amount of reading will present plenty of evidence supporting this beyond any shadow of a doubt.

LOL

Hey if dish it out you gotta take it.

I said Meager as a joke as the SOTA is the best turn table I will ever own. Bold and highlight I in that statement. I also love it and I am DONE. Better Tables are out there, GREAT!!!! Go buy one.

My FR is aligned and fussed with in the best audiophile tradition. Hell, Mr. Van den Hul rebuilt two of my cartridges as I won't give my FR's up in any event.

I also have records from the 50's, most of them chewed up and snap and crack fests. LAST has "helped" some of those records in reducing surface noise.

In this hobby where money is tossed around like an afterthought for those on the fence, spend forty freaking dollars and do your own determination.

I posted as I believe anyone who seriously spins vinyl without using LAST is nuts.