Do You Clean Your Ears?

Periodically, I dip each ear in my Ultrasonic record cleaner bath and it is far superior to any audiophile Q-tip. Caution: do keep your ear in the U/S bath for any longer than 5 minutes at a time, and be sure to change the ultrasonic bath water before cleaning any records. (Ear wax in record grooves may prove problematic, both to your vinyl records and to your cartridge stylus.)

They need to invent a vacuum capable of sucking ear wax. Count me in as an investor.

Correction: Do not keep your ear in the U/S solution for more than 5 minutes at a time. (Any time longer than 5 minutes may damage the delicate hairs in the ear canal and may lead to ear canal baldness. Note: Rogaine is not approved for use in the ear canal.)

Baylinor, do not bother to look into investing.

I modified my VPI record cleaner with an ear adapter and it did not work. After using the VPI ear adapter I would, without explanation, skate toward the middle of my local skating arena in ever tightening concentric circles. The subsequent implementation of anti-skating devices proved fruitless. My amateur hockey career ended shortly after that.

I am 75. I have been cleaning my ears with Q-tips for 70 years. I can hear just fine. I do take the precaution to not run while using Q-tips. Or scissors.