House Chores

Things have been pretty hectic around here for the past several weeks. Started a project to insulate a part of the back entry that the contractors negliently overlooked many years ago. The temperature soared here in the tundra so my work days were cut back to 3 hours or so.

Also, over the many years I have collected about 350 vinyl 33 rpm assorted jazz/vocals. Unfortunately, in my youth I abused the devil out of my vinyls. And in todays world, or at least mine, playing a vinyl is a posterior pain. Therefore, the vinyls were stored.

Improperly, so our kids told me. One of our children's friends borrowed a couple of albums, cleaned them up and sent the results. Got rid of most if not all of the youthful abuse to those selected vinyls. Pretty impressive. That started the process for me to do the same. Our daughter's boyfriend has a bunch of knowledge concerning the electronics world. At first, it was suggested to record directly from a cd with an audio cd burner. However, after reading an article in the local fish wrapper, I investigated a program by Diamond Cut Products.

Spoke with a couple of the guys at Diamond Cut who were very helpful to me. Eventually I bought the program plus some ancillary products necessary for me to complete my mission. For the past couple of weeks I have worked with DC6 and the personnel at Diamond Cut. The process to restore is a lot more involved than the journey that takes you to that point. The learning curve is not shallow but the results are worth the effort.

Since our kids have both expressed an interest in the vinyls, I am sure that they will be equally eager to get copies of the restored versions. At any rate, once again I am enjoying the sounds of my youth without the scratches, crackle and hiss.