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New Hobby Ultrasonic Record Cleaning

Purchased a cheap $199.00 stainless steel digital ultrasonic cleaner with a very nice record cleaning attachment off Amazon and I am having a blast.

This thing is heated, has a timer and an electric motor to rotate the records in the US tank. It is a 6L unit and it is made in China. Seems well built and it cleans records like a much more expensive machine.

I have cleaned a half dozen albums that are 40 plus years old and have only been cleaned with vacuuming machines and this thing is great. The albums I have cleaned sound darn near new and my wife thought I bought another new cartridge or phono pre-amp.

Can not recommend this type of cleaning system enough.

Rediscover those old albums.. if this thing lasts a couple of years I will be a happy dude. 
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drbond
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I just used my ultrasonic record cleaner today for the first time, and I will have to agree that the results are amazing: extreme clarity, transparency, lack of pops and crackles.

I just used distilled water at room temperature, and didn’t even try to turn on the warmer.

One thing that I did notice is that when I turned the LP over, after one side sat on the felt, that there was an occasional pop, which makes me think that I need to upgrade to a nice turntable mat. Any recommendations on purchasing a high-grade turntable mat that won’t get lint/felt on the LP (for a Rega P8 with a glass platter)?

Thanks.

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