Kirmuss 'In the Groove' Ultrasonic Record Restorer - Upscale Audio Edition


Looking to get an ultrasonic disc cleaner. This one was recommended to me by an audiophile friend. Anyone here have this model? Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome. I know nothing about  Ultrasonic cleaners but hear they are great. 

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@devinplombier - personally, I use distilled water and nothing else in my DeGritter. I would avoid the kind of thing you see on Amazon for $160; these are made for cleaning jewelry and other assorted items, and I wouldn't expect them to last very long; I'd stick with one that is made only for cleaning records.

I started with a spin clean (still use it for soiled records) then bought an okki nokki rcm and finally a degritter mk2 . I use the okki nokki for the rinse with distilled w since the vacuum finally removes any cleaning fluid used during the US. This regimen works spectacularly.

The Kirmuss is an effective system, you just have to be willing to spend the time needed to perform the cleaning process for each album you clean. 

@vinylvalet, is there no rinse involved with the HumminGuru? Thats an attractive price, even for the advanced model. I'm wondering if I would still need to rinse and dry with my VPI HW? 

Like you, I prefer a rinse. I bought two HumminGurus; one for wash and one for rinse. I previously owned a VPI and that would be ideal to do your rinse and dry.

The new HG model looks to be similar in performance to the DeGritter at 1/3 the cost.

+1 inagroove. I would highly recommending experimenting to see what works. It's just water and plastic/vinyl, so you won't hurt anything.

I have about 1200 records. I have two processes, both using CleanerVinyl RCM. Have had the RCM for about 8 years or so.

1 - for new and mint/near mint used - 15 minutes in RCM @ 35C. air dry in RCM with fan. Then wooden rack air dry. I was worried that the fan would add more dirt to the record, but that's not the case.

2 - for dirty records where #1 doesn't work. 10 minutes in RCM @35C. scrub - literally - with Disc Doctor record cleaner. about 10-20 scrubs for 10% or so of the record. Do both sides. Might as well right? Tap rinse. 10 minutes in RCM @35C. Scrub again. Rinse again. RCM again. Then fan dry in RCM. Air dry in rack. 

Out of all my records, I had to use #2 for maybe 15-20 of them. And it worked on all of them save one. 

YMMV of course. Good luck.