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do record cleaning fluids soften the treble?

Over many years of cleaning records with fluids containing a surfactant (not specified) I have come to the opinion that the process leads to a very slight softening of the treble. After cleaning the sound was more"cosy" and less extended in the treble. However I did not get this effect with the VPI fluid that came with my 16.5 machine. It made the sound somewhat drier. Anyone else noticed this /these effects? Any idea why???
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Most of the cleaning solutions can't be removed completely, mostly based on the Design of RCMs. Point nozzle is the winner here.
In combination with a cleaning fluid which has parts of soap in it, this will be the written result. Other cleaning fluids have chemicals in it, which "smears" the vinyl, reduces the noise and so on.
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