LAST - then and now?

LAST is one of the best products to have ever come down the pike.

I had a "test" case for exact comparison as I never used to treat Sheffields, MoFi's, Direct-Discs, etc based upon mofi's advice not to use anything. I used to treat my "normal" records and have over 30 years worth of albums spinning on the same exact system. No comparison, the LAST albums held up much better and NOW I treat my UHQR's, Mofi's, everything else with LAST.

Maybe if you have 150K system you won't use it. I'll never know, but I have never left vinyl, have only a meager SOTA Cosmos MKIV and fidelity research arm and cartridges, and I suffer gladly with using LAST.

Have Fun!

With a properly aligned cartridge and clean records products like LAST are completely unnecessary. I have records from the 1950's forward that are dead quiet, many of which have thousands of playings.

7000 albums and 50 years is proof enough.

Maybe those meager (your words not mine) components need a supplementative product to sound right.

Good luck to you.

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