Degritter brand ultrasonic record cleaner


I received notification yesterday that the Degritter ultrasonic record cleaner is finally making it into production. I have been watching the company for about a year, as the cleaner has moved from prototype to beta testing , and now to a limited production of the finalized (we’ll see ;-) version. The design is excellent, eliminating my reservations about the high-priced (around $4,000) ultrasonic cleaners, at a little over half their price (just over $2,000, last I read). The Degritter uses 120kHz as it’s ultrasonic frequency, and features water filtering and disc drying. It also looks cool, like a 1950’s toaster! Details available on the companys website.
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I'm strongly considering one of these so I'm giving this thread a bump. Any more reflections on its effectiveness or dependability? Thanks.
I've had mine for a few months. It's the best purchase I've ever made and the company is great. I did have a bad power switch that crapped out after 2 months. They quickly sent me a new switch and simple instruction on how to pop it on. Very responsive.

My experience has been that It makes every record sound better.

Good to see Fremer finally got around to reviewing the Degritter.He gave it a big thumbs up.
Finally is right @prof! I'll bet the Degritter company was so back-ordered they didn't have a spare to send him (at no cost to him). Plus, they were selling every machine they could make, no need for a review. Fremer gets most the new-release/reissue LP's he reviews for free, and industry-accommodation pricing on equipment (around half retail).
One way to look at the price of a machine such as The Degritter is: if your local used-record store were to charge you $1 to clean an LP on an USC, would you do it? Well, if you have 3,000 LP's in your music library (a reasonable number), buying and using it, The Degritter will have paid for itself. Charge other LP owners of your acquaintances (not friends, of course ;-) a buck a record, and make your money back!
Well, I just purchased one from a local dealer. It's quite nice! My previous LP cleaning machines are … a Nitty Gritty (still miss it ... what a difference that made although boy was it loud and a bit of work … still, it was lovely to meet Gayle when I had it overhauled back when I loved in Southern California), an Okki Noki, and an iSonic Ultrasonic cleaner (about to go on eBay). The Degritter is the easiest by far, just put in an LP and it is done roughly ten minutes later. 

My own observations regarding sound is that it does reduce noise a little bit, although it can only do so much on old and abused records, especially since virtually all of my LPs have been vacuumed on the Okki Nokki or Nitty Gritty and my AMG Viella V12 does a ludicrously good job with tracking. What the Degritter does do well is improve dynamic range and the low end. I haven't heard any loss of high frequencies, but that could be the characteristics of different systems.

Back to the Viella for a minute. The Okki Noki is $500, the Degritter is $3,000. I was using the Okki Nokki with a Clearaudio Performance DC that cost me something like $4,000 counting tonearm and cartridge. The Viella V12 cost more like $27,000. The Clearaudio Performance is fantastic and I'm selling it to my best friend. But the V12 is even better. We are talking 95% vs 99.9% here but one thing that I would have never expected with the V12 is that it tracks so much better that much of the static and noise that marred my LP experience is gone now due to better tracking. The same happened when I moved from a Thorens TD 160 MKII to the Performance DC. 

So what's the lesson here? To me, spending roughly 10-15% of what your turntable cost on some form of record cleaner makes sense, but I wouldn't recommend spending more unless you plan on buying a new turntable soon. And if you've spent a considerable sum on your turntable, well then, a Degritter is as easy to use as any technology could be.
If anyone sees a demo model, or wants to change color, then please sing out.I am heavily lean towards one of these.
The Degritter is simply amazing. I’ll be posting my Klaudio machine for sale shortly. 
I'm half Estonian so I wish them great success. From all indications, an excellent product.
I got a DeGritter earlier this year and cleaned hundreds of records with it - works great, does what it's supposed to with no problems or issues whatsoever...
I have one in silver in a sealed box just arrived from a authorized dealer. Circumstances have me considering a sale. Please PM if you are interested.
I have one in silver in a sealed box just arrived from a authorized dealer. Circumstances have me considering a sale. Please PM if you are interested.

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Anyone with a RCM try a noisy record cleaned with RCM and then compared to cleaning after Degritter?  Is it really superior to a RCM in terms of sound quality or is it mainly the convenience factor?
@tswisla I’ll know soon…Just ordered more of a DIY set up with a multi frequency Ultrasonic tank and the Clenervinyl rotisserie.

The Degritter seems more convenient, but with the other one I can do 10 at a time, so I can get through more of them.
I’ll need to find a dirty example, and then do a before and after.(Once the gear all arrives)