Happy Holidays everyone. As reading this thread i was about to play a BS&Ts lp. So i decided to try something. I cleaned the album with a new sponge and common hand soap from a bar. I turned the water to warm in the bathtub and carefully cleaned the grooves in a pattern consistant with the rotation being careful to not get the inner lable wet. Than put the hairdryer on and shook off the excess beads of water, than wiped dry with a fine cotton cloth. Played the album within minutes and not a snap crackle or maybe a couple of faint pops...!! I don't listen to my CD anymore. The analog just makes me forget about the equipment and is better for my state of health. I just can't see spending hundreds of dollars on an exotic vacumm cleaning machine that is a hassle when some soap and warm water and sponge and a clean lent free cloth works great and only takes a couple of minutes and cost nothing. This is a good album, BS&T's. Let the spinning wheel spin......!! and show you the colors that are real...!! Happy 2002 you spinners -- Mike
LP Cleaning Question
I am fairly new to the analog game, but am enjoying every minute of it. I have a VPI Aries TT, Shelter 901 cartridge and a VPI 16.5 record cleaner. My problem is record cleaning. For example, I purchased a brand new re-issue of Coltrane "Live at Birdland". It sounded great right away but over time (10 plays), it began to crackle and pop a little. I put it on the cleaning machine, squirted some VPI cleaning fluid on the record, brushed the record, and then vacuumed it dry. The record looked great, but still crackle and pops during playback.
My question is, am I doing something wrong in my cleaning procedure? I have not cleaned/treated the stylus at all. Could this be the source of the noise?
Any recommendations would be appreciated.
Bob
My question is, am I doing something wrong in my cleaning procedure? I have not cleaned/treated the stylus at all. Could this be the source of the noise?
Any recommendations would be appreciated.
Bob