Audio Desk Vinyl Cleaning System

Dmgrant1, you may pull the brushes off and wash them with water. The same you have to do with the white sponge like part in the top left rear which is filtering the water.

Tbg, you fill 4,5 liters destilled water + cleaning fluid into the chamber. Be shure to have locked the outflow openeing at the rear side...

I run the audio desk vinyl cleaner since 3 months and I am very happy. In the beginning the drying process was not at its optimum. Therefore the process chip had to be reprogrammed. One can exchange the chip quite easy.

I also use a Clearaudio Double Matrix and a Source Odyssey RCMMKV. Both machines have their pros and cons, the Double Matrix is good for the quick run and the Source Odyssey provides the best result. The Vinyl Cleaner is an excellent washing machine especially for the lazy boys...

I have tested four different versions together with Rainer Gläss during the market entry phase. I wasn´t convinced from the beginning. Now he has a chip programmed which is superior to the first ones. This machine is now a killer application. It doesn`t look like that from the outside but it is really one of the best ways to clean your records - and it is the most easy way to do so.

Loricraft is good but the Source Odyssey is even better regarding silence and handling for on the spot cleaning. But on both machines you have to monitor the cleaning and reverse the side of the record. My Clearaudio Double Matrix is very loud and I do use it only when I am short of time. The Vinyl Cleaner runs the disc through an ultrasonic bath and drys without taking care through the cleaning process. That leads to a very good result and is easy to operate.

If you have tried it you will use the Loricraft very seldom

I have seen some new designs of the Vinyl Cleaner at the High End in Munich. Technically it looks like it is the same machine but with different surfaces.

In case one is looking for his first Vinyl Cleaning Machine with allround capabilities and a very good cleaning result the Gläss machine is a good option. It produces some noise but not as loud or noisy than the VPI, Hannl or Clearaudio. On the other hand you do not have to monitor the cleaning process, you drop by and pick up the clean record whenever you like - very comfortable also in comparison to the point nozzle machines.

in the video it uses one of the first chips for drying. The latest version lasts a bit longer, speeds up the record two more turnes and is more efficient.

Jtasmarinda,
you really had a bad experience. I did receive one of the first units (so Series I) at High End 2010 in Munich. It is true we had to change the chip once and also use a different fluid mixture. Since then I have washed over 400 records without any problem.

I do own the Source Odyssee MK V with two brushes as one of the first customers in Germany too and will not give away this wonderful and very precise machine. But those two machines on one`s washing table are a perfect match for all needs- Washing Heaven !

Jtsamarinda, it is not funny what you experienced. Although I have a better history with my unit I do believe you. 4 month waiting period is "no service at all".

As you are a little troubled with this very sophisticated German product you may try another new star at the sky - the LR1. LR means "lautlos rein", translated in Englísh: "silently clean". you find this machine which I have no experience with under: www.lautlos-rein.de

good luck