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. 

128x128knollbrent

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.

Looking into this one too
iSonic CS6.2-Pro Motorized Ultrasonic Vinyl Record Cleaner for 10 LPs, Doubled Power of CS6.1-PRO

How much power? How much power delivered to each record face? What frequency? How's the QC? Read the bible before you leap. IMO.

I have a Kirmuss and use it when I have a batch of dirty albums to clean. Works well, but I set it up for 10 plus albums. Not handy if you clean all the time. Nice weekend project if I’ve found used albums that need a good deep clean. 
 

it doesn’t work on every record. Some mold etc can be too much to restore, but it is surprisingly good at tackling old records you might have written off.