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Gruv Glide - Do you use it?

Hello AGONers,

I was just wondering if any of you use gruv glide or any similar product. I decided to purchase some on a whim and gave it a try on a few LPs. I used it on a few pressings that were used that I bought in the local record store. Even though I cleaned these with a spin clean and a KAB EV-1, they were still a bit noisy. I applied the gruv glide and it did reduce the background noise and static significantly. It seems to do a good job. I just worry about it leaving residue on my LPs and my stylus, which I know it does.

What do you guys think about this product and the pros and cons of it?

Thanks
Andy Price
andyprice44
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mattmiller
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Well said Andy,well said.
pops
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Doug you are right...tons of good music on cd that is not on vinyl, I just have not personally invested in digItal in a very long time so actually I miss a lot! My digital is so nice sounding but so inferior to my vinyl rig that I never listen to it.

I am primarily a rocker so finding VGA+++ 70's stuff (my era) is indeed tough! Cheers!
petro1511
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I had a grado statement that was not running right. Brought it to my dealer, first thing he said was "I hope you don't use groove glide" and I did, it turned out it gunked up the cartridge so bad it was almost unusable.
He cleaned it all out real good then I had to go home and re clean all my records to get it off them. Took a good 2 years after I started using it to happen but it did. But all in all it really helped older records sound better,
And gave my $1 record pile new life
andyprice44 OP
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looks like the consensus is that it does help those of us that have some records from the bargain bin. I wont use it on mint condition, clean records. It does help quite a bit on VG grade vinyl
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Sounds like Petro went a little too far with the Gruv glide....AND it helps to use a stylus CLEANER with this product...I experience excellent results using the award winning Gruv glide product.I treat my records only after wet washing them first then apply a light coat of Gruv glide then I never touch my record again because it is dust free and clean,I actually extend the life of my Nagaoka stylus.Go Figure...It works!
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