Not sure if groove glide will retard wear as well as Last.Mike the head tech at VPI told me it was best stuff to preserve.I use power cleaner,a home brew cleaner (Alchohol,and a few drops of clear dish cleaning liquid and Kodak Photoflow so it spreads well).Think all of there stuff is great though I have heard that the best cleaner,if I didn't make my own,would be the stuff from Disc Doctor.So btoom linbe ios I haven't used Groove Glide (Though I used Tourumat cleaner-good but expensive vs. home brew).From everything I have heard I think that the Last preservative is the one thing I would not change even if I tried other products before it's application.Next to my VPI 16.5 I think the Last preservative is the most impoartant record care product I use.Yeah it sucks that it's expensive but does it's job very well.
Groove-Glide vrs Last Record Preservative
I'm looking for opinions on the different qualities and characteristics of Groove-Glide vrs Last Record Preservative.
I personally have only used Last. I think I hear a smoothness (more analoguey?) after using it. I've taken to opening new albums, applying Last, waiting five minutes, playing the record, then cleaning my stylus and cleaning the record and putting it in a new sleeve. Mostly I use the product for the promise of being able to listen to the album once per year for the rest of my life without it losing fidelity.
I'd especially like to hear from someone with experiance using both products, comparing and contrasting. Anyone know of any DIY similar products? Why is this stuff so expensive (other than the fact that they can charge anything and we'll buy it?) I'd love to buy a 55 gal. drum and break it down it 5 oz. bottles to sell on AudiogoN at about a buck a pop!
I personally have only used Last. I think I hear a smoothness (more analoguey?) after using it. I've taken to opening new albums, applying Last, waiting five minutes, playing the record, then cleaning my stylus and cleaning the record and putting it in a new sleeve. Mostly I use the product for the promise of being able to listen to the album once per year for the rest of my life without it losing fidelity.
I'd especially like to hear from someone with experiance using both products, comparing and contrasting. Anyone know of any DIY similar products? Why is this stuff so expensive (other than the fact that they can charge anything and we'll buy it?) I'd love to buy a 55 gal. drum and break it down it 5 oz. bottles to sell on AudiogoN at about a buck a pop!