My VPI 16.5 died after 40 years of reliable service. Still, that one side at a time was a pain. I replaced it with a Record Doctor X which is bidirectional and does both sides. Then I use a Degritter with distilled water only. The RD by itself is pretty good, and it seems well built. I sent back the one sided version. Turning by hand was a mess.
Durable record vacuum cleaner recommendation?
I am looking for a durable record vacuum machine. Any recommendations?
Ideally will also do 10" and 7", and be on the quieter side. Should be able to handle some volume without breaking.
Background: my Project VC-S is busted; vacuum motor got noisy to 95dB at 1 m, a bit much, IMHO. ~$250 motor part with no returns and no guaranteed compatibility is a non-starter. This is already a replacement unit for one with bad gears for the platter. So Pro-ject is out of the running.
In the last couple of months, I used the unit quite a bit (around 1K records vacuumed) as I got an ultrasonic and go through my entire collection.
Thanks for any leads and recommendations, particularly if you have run a few thousand records through your unit with no issues.