![]() It dissolves fingerprints instantly and does a good job of removing most things that end up on records. I've always used 100% Isopropanol instead of the Discwasher fluid. Noise while vacuuming liquid is pretty low and you can use it even in your living room. I find KM most professional and easy to service. Nowadays there are different machines on the market. And that worked fine, some had to be cleaned 2-3 times but now they are fine again and I saved my collection by using that machine. The only efficient way to do was buying a Keith Monks II and clean records without any trace. ![]() I tried different ways cleaning surfaces again. There where klicks and ticks and distortion so to forget about enjoyable listening.Īctually I'd "lost" all my records after applying wet method. That was a shock for me as it was no more possible playing my records the dry way. Later I wished playing them dry again as I was fed up with that paddling in liquid when ready for listening music. Some of my friends lost their stylus as glue dissolved from system. Those days impressed by that marketing-gag I treated lots of records with that fluid. Sound was fine as long as playing record wet. Record surface was moistened during playing by a special "tonearm" filled with "Lenco-Super-Mixture" and the stylus running in liquid. In Europe most known equipment was LencoClean. They aren't cheap which is why I don't have one yet, but someday I will probably bite the bullet and buy one.īack in the 70's audio magazines recommended playing vinyl-collections WET. Almost makes a record sound noiseless like a CD. My vinyl junkie friend has a Nitty Gritty machine and it really does an amazing job. It evaporates quckly too so it won't cause any incidental damage to your stylus (some say alcohol can loosen up the glue that bonds the stylus to the cantilever but I've never had that happen).įor the really dirty ones you need a real record cleaning machine. Whoops.OT ? anyone else have good record cleaning tips ? (w/o buying an expensive machine ?) Starting to get excited about audio again :applaud: ![]() Oh yeah.I picked up a 3 record box set of Jonny Cash's greatest.looks like they had never been played.50 cents !!! Even learning to tune out the clicks and pops. I found my double disk JBL demo record set from 1972 with Hoyt Axton and it blew me away. Wow,I got back out the dustbug and diskwasher and its like the old days all over again.all the prep work and care seems to provide a closer link to the sounds. In the regular thrift, they are 99 cents each, with better selecton. I picked up 8 pop albums ( 1st Elton Jihn, 2 Mamas & Papas, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Rhapsody in Blue, a test record, marty Robbins sings Hawaiian, Simon & Garfunkle) and it set me back $4. ![]() They were obviously from the same person and all were in great condition. Was at the "as-is" thrift last week and 8 boxes of records came out. Am experiencing a warm, fuller sound than I get with my decent quality CD players and much more range than XM. I've been "re-discovering" vinyl for the last 2 months.
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