Yes. You really haven't heard that record till its been cleaned.
Di I really need to clean my LP's?
Recently, when announcing to a relative my intent to use a recently purchased Spin-Clean Record Washer on some LP’s, of which I am the original owner and which have not been played in decades, her reply was, “If you’ve always handled them correctly, and stored them in their sleeves, why do you need to clean them?” I think that this is a very good question. Is there a good reason for me to clean them?
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mc, no offense but if you don't understand the various reasons for record cleaning and need to ask then possibly you are one of those who dosen't need to bother. However even a simple search for record cleaning will turn up hundreds of positive results. And those with a wide variety of cleaning methods. What really surprised me was an Audio Note system demo many years ago to our audio club. The AN rep included vinyl playback in his demo and commented that all one needed to do to clean a record was to play it. His contention was that the stylus tracing the groove would clear away any dust, grime, or deposits on the vinyl. I've never known anyone who is half-serious about playing LPs that believes that. In fact playing records without cleaning can imbed the contaminants and make them sound worse. |
In my research before posting this question, results (many from record cleaner manufacturers) contain many assertions without any real facts. ilikemiles: How do you know that the mold release compound residue leads to contamination? pryso: How do you know that playing a record with contaminants will make the records worse? I have also been advised that cleaning records often makes them worse, so I want to proceed based on some real evidence. |
I just checked my similar query on another forum, where one member suggested the following publication, which I shall review this evening: https://thevinylpress.com/app/uploads/2022/01/PACVR_3rd-Ed_2022-01-17_Master.pdf |
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